Opposition Parties Accused of Using Magdalene Laundries for Political Points

Galway Bay Fm
February 13, 2013

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Opposition parties have been accused of using the Magdalene Laundries report to score political points.

The claim was made by Labour Junior Minister Kathleen Lynch, during a Dail debate, lastnight, of a Fianna Fail motion calling on the government to apologise immediately to survivors of the laundries.

The sistersn of Mercy ran the magdalene laundry on Forster street in the city which closed in 1984.

Minister Lynch claimed that Sinn Fein had only recently shown an interest in the Magdalene survivors and was now using them as a "political football".

But her harshest criticism was reserved for Fianna Fail, who she accused of "galling" hyprocrisy.