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100 women were held in the Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry

Handling of Magdalene Laundries papers 'chaotic' - TD

The Government has been urged to introduce emergency legislation to preserve key documents relating to Magdalene Laundries.

Magdalene Laundries • 10 Mar 23

Patricia Burke Brogan highlighted conditions in Magdalene laundries

Playwright and poet Patricia Burke Brogan dies

Playwright, painter, poet and novelist Patricia Burke Brogan has died.

Regional • 07 Sep 22

Katherine Zappone was speaking at a conference in the US which is discussing ways of achieving justice for those who have suffered abuses

Abuse survivors need truth-telling process - Zappone

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has said there is a need for a truth-telling process for victims and survivors of institutional abuse.

Ireland • 01 Nov 18

A planned sale of the site was blocked by councillors

Future of Magdalene Laundry site proves divisive

What to do with the site of the last remaining Magdalene laundry in State ownership is proving bitterly divisive, writes Sharon Ní Bheoláin

News Lens • 21 Sep 18

The two-acre site was to be sold to a Japanese Hotel group

DCC members vote to halt sale of Magdalene Laundry site

Elected members of Dublin City Council have voted overwhelmingly to halt the proposed sale of the site of the former convent and Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott St.

Dublin • 13 Sep 18

Magdalene Survivors - An Emotional Week

Apologies, acknowledgement and applause. Two-hundred and thirty women, survivors of the Magdalene Laundries, were commemorated this week in Dublin.

Ireland • 09 Jun 18

Magdalene Survivors - An Emotional Week

Apologies, acknowledgement and applause. 230 women, survivors of the Magdalene Laundries, were commemorated this week in Dublin.

Ireland • 09 Jun 18

Elizabeth Coppin says she has a love-hate relationship with the church and the State

'I wasn't even 15' - A Magdalene survivor's story

Elizabeth Coppin's mother was just 19 when she gave birth at the county home in Killarney in 1949. Because she wasn't married, her baby was taken away from her. Elizabeth spent most of her childhood in an industrial school, before being sent to three different Magdalene laundries.

News Lens • 05 Jun 18

Today is the first time survivors of the Magdalene Laundries from Ireland, UK, US and Australia have been brought together

State honours Magdalene survivors at special events

Hundreds of well-wishers have turned out in Dublin city centre this evening to welcome more than 220 survivors of the Magdalene Laundries as they arrived for a gala dinner at the Mansion House.

Ireland • 05 Jun 18

The event is for up to 800 women who spent time in Magdalene Laundries

Reception to be held for former Magdalene residents

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina Higgins are to host a reception this summer for up to 800 women who spent time in Magdalene Laundries.

Ireland • 25 Apr 18

Survivors will be invited to the June event

Magdalene group urges Govt to locate survivors

An event to honour survivors of Magdalene Laundries will be held in Dublin this summer.

Ireland • 06 Mar 18

One woman speaks of her life in a Magdalene Laundry - 'I worked in the laundry every day'

One story: Magdalene Laundries

"I was married to my husband for ten years before I told him my story. I was that ashamed. I was so ashamed."

News Lens • 23 Nov 17

Ombudsman Peter Tyndall wants Department of Justice to report back to him in three months

Ombudsman wants Magdalene scheme re-examined

The Department of Justice and the Ombudsman are at odds over the administration of a scheme designed to compensate women who were admitted to or worked in institutions and Magdalene laundries.

Ireland • 23 Nov 17

The old Magdalene laundry in Donnybrook is being redeveloped

No unmarked graves at old Donnybrook laundry, nuns say

The Religious Sisters of Charity who ran the former Donnybrook Magdalene laundry in Dublin have said they do not have any concerns that former residents may be buried in unmarked graves on the site or elsewhere.

News • 07 Mar 17

Flowers were laid on Magdalene graves in several locations around the country today

Magdalene laundries justice group calling for memorials

The Justice For Magdalenes Research group has said that a huge amount of work needs to be done to identify where all of the women who died in Magdalene laundries are buried.

News • 05 Mar 17

The event was organised by the Justice for Magdalenes Research group

Magdalene laundries victims remembered in Dublin

Flowers are being laid at five separate plots in Glasnevin Cemetery, in memory of the women who died in Magdalene laundries.

News • 06 Mar 16

Under the scheme, the former residents will be able to avail of the services from 1 July

Medical card details for Magdalene survivors

Survivors of Magdalene laundries who have accepted offers of redress from the State are to receive special medical cards next month.

Ireland • 22 May 15

A new bill providing for Magdalene women's healthcare makes no mention of a special medical card

Government urged to honour Magdalene pledges

The Government has been challenged to honour its promise to provide survivors of Magdalene laundries with the healthcare services recommended in the Quirke report 18 months ago.

News • 19 Jan 15

Wreaths were laid at the gates of Leinster House on the anniversary of the Taoiseach's apology

Govt urged to deliver on Magdalene promises

A group of former Magdalene laundry workers laid wreaths at the gates of Leinster House this afternoon in protest against what they called the Government's inadequate response to their plight.

News • 19 Feb 14

Over 11,000 women passed through ten institutions between 1922 and 1996

Govt agrees Magdalene scheme implementation

The Government has agreed details for the implementation of the Magdalene redress scheme.

News • 07 Nov 13

The payment scheme is based on the duration of stay in the Magdalene Laundries

540 applications for Magdalene payments

The first lump sum payments to survivors of the Magdalene Laundries are expected to be issued within four to six weeks of forthcoming Cabinet consideration of the matter.

News • 25 Sep 13

Magdalene Survivors Together have made the call

People urged to boycott mass over Magdalene fund

Irish Catholics have been urged to boycott weekend masses in protest at the refusal of the congregations of nuns which owned Magdalene Laundries to contribute to the redress fund for survivors of the institutions.

News • 18 Jul 13

Magdalene Survivors Together wants the Government to strip the orders of their charitable status

Almost 260 Magdalene survivors apply for scheme

Just under 260 completed application forms have been received from survivors of Magdalene Laundries who believe they qualify for the Government's restorative justice package.

News • 17 Jul 13

Steven O'Riordan said that the compensation on offer did not meet the women's demands

Magdalene Survivors Together seeks UN forum

The Magdalene Survivors Together group has asked the United Nations to hold a one-day forum in which women who lived and worked in the laundries can tell their stories of alleged abuse in public for the first time.

News • 30 Jun 13

Mary Smith (right) joins other Magdalene survivors at a press conference in Ballsbridge to give their reaction to the scheme

Magdalene compensation fund to cost up to €58m

The Government has announced details of a package set up to right the wrongs suffered by women who lived in the Magdalene laundries.

News • 27 Jun 13