Magdelene Survivors Together has been hearing stories from people affected by the laundries.

Maureen Sullivan said she was happy that the report had come out, but was disappointed that she said that they were living in denial. At the age of 12 she was taken out of her school in Carlow. She was brought to New Ross. She said that any time an inspector came she was hidden in a tunnel. She said that they took everything from her including her name, which they changed.

She said what she wanted was an apology from the religious orders and the Taoiseach. She said that what the Taoiseach said today was not an apology. She said that it was about doing the right thing.

In terms of compensation for what they had done, she said she felt she was entitled to compensation.