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The Protestant-run home was closed in the 1970s

Shatter to report to Dáil on Bethany Home

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the Minister for Justice will report to the Dáil in two weeks regarding the Bethany Home survivors.

News • 26 Jun 13

The IHRC said the State failed to protect the human rights of the women in the laundries

IHRC calls for Magdalene redress scheme

The Irish Human Rights Commission has called on the Government to establish a comprehensive redress scheme for all former residents of Magdalene Laundries.

News • 18 Jun 13

Amnesty International Northern Ireland director Patrick Corrigan led a delegation to meet with Stormont ministers to press for its expansion

Calls for expansion of NI abuse redress

Hundreds of victims of clerical and Magdalene laundry abuse in Northern Ireland have been left out of a new public inquiry designed to probe past wrongdoing, campaigners said.

News • 13 Jun 13

Mr Justice John Quirke has recommended a package of measures including mediation and reconciliation

Magdalene review recommends mediation forum

The judge appointed by the Government to advise on a redress scheme for Magdalene survivors has proposed setting up a forum between the women and the four religious orders that ran the institutions.

News • 09 Jun 13

Justice for Magdalenes to end political campaign

Advocacy group Justice for Magdalenes has announced the end of its political campaign.

News • 22 May 13

Members of the Magdalene Survivors Together group who met with Judge John Quirke

Magdalenes may get redress this year - lawyer says

Hundreds of survivors of Magdalene Laundries should begin to receive redress from the State this year, according to a solicitor advising some of them.

News • 18 Apr 13

Mr Justice Quirke met with the Magdalene Survivors Together group

1,000 calls made to Magdalene laundries fund

The Department of Justice said it has received around 1,000 calls about the fund which is to be set up for former residents of Magdalene laundries.

News • 10 Mar 13

Minister of State Kathleen Lynch said the co-operation of the religious orders will be necessary

Govt to meet orders to discuss Magdalene redress

Minister of State Kathleen Lynch said the Government will meet the four religious orders involved in the Magdalene Laundries to discuss how to manage the redress scheme for survivors.

News • 22 Feb 13

Bethany Home survivors want the State to take responsibility for the home

Minister contacting Magdalene orders over funding

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter is contacting the religious orders who owned the Magdalene laundries in relation to the funding of the redress scheme.

News • 22 Feb 13

Survivors of the Magdalene Laundries have been invited to register their intent to seek State support

Hundreds call Govt over Magdalene redress scheme

The Department of Justice and Equality has received hundreds of telephone calls from people signalling their interest in getting help from a Government fund for former residents of the State's Magdalene Laundries.

News • 20 Feb 13

Enda Kenny issued an apology during the Dáil debate on the McAleese Report

Kenny apologises to Magdalene Laundries survivors

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has apologised unreservedly on behalf of the State to the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries.

News • 19 Feb 13

Alan Shatter said the Government was working on producing a comprehensive packet of measures on the issue

Government to address Magdalene issue on Tuesday

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said the Government will make very specific announcements in the Dáil on Tuesday to address the issues raised in the Magdalene Laundries report.

News • 18 Feb 13

Eamon Gilmore said what women endured in the Magdalene Laundries was 'wrong' (Pic: IFI, Irish Film Archive)

Taoiseach and Tánaiste to meet Magdalene survivors

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said both he and Taoiseach Enda Kenny will meet representatives of the Magdalene survivors next week.

News • 08 Feb 13

Survivors of the Magdalene Laundries said the Taoiseach's response fell short of what was needed (Pic: IFI, Irish Film Archive)

Labour Parliamentary Party seeks Magdalene apology

The Labour Parliamentary Party tonight said the Government needs to address the issue of an apology to the Magdalene survivors in the context of honouring and vindicating them.

News • 06 Feb 13

Thousands of women were residents of the laundries during the 20th Century (Pic: IFI)

Report on Magdalene Laundries published

The report of the committee investigating State involvement with the Magdalene Laundries between 1922 and 1996 has been published.

Special Reports • 05 Feb 13

Martin McAleese is to resign from the Seanad next week

Martin McAleese to resign from Seanad

Independent Senator Martin McAleese has told Seanad Cathaoirleach Paddy Burke he will be resigning from the Seanad next week.

News • 01 Feb 13

Inter-departmental committee charged with investigating what happened in Magdalene Laundries

Magdalene committee will find truth - McAleese

Senator Martin McAleese has said he thinks the committee charged with the report into what happened in the Magdalene Laundries will find the truth.

News • 08 Oct 12

State-run homes sent women to Magdalene laundries

The Justice for Magdalenes campaign group has discovered that women were transferred from State-funded mother and baby homes to Magdalene laundries, where they were held against their will and without their children.

News • 29 May 12

Magdalene Laundries