Magdalene Protesters Seek ‘full Redress’

By Ed Carty
The Times
August 26, 2017

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/magdalene-protesters-seek-full-redress-0wrgxtcrv

Mary Merritt, left, a survivor of a mother and baby home and a Magdalene laundry, with Angela Downey

Survivors of Magdalene laundries have staged a protest outside a former Catholic workhouse in Dublin and called for a memorial and a full redress scheme.

Their action follows the United Nations criticism of Ireland for its lack of an independent and thorough investigation and its call for the prosecution of members of the Catholic Church.

The rally was held off Sean McDermott Street in Dublin, the site of the last Catholic workhouse to be shut, a fortnight after the committee against torture report accused the government of failing to live up to commitments to investigate the religious institutions.

Angela Downey, who was born in Castlepollard mother and baby home after her mother, Mary, had been raped and was sent to a laundry, called for the…