IRELAND
Limerick Leader

By David Hurley
Published on Wednesday 6 February 2013

ALMOST 100 women died at the Good Shepherd convent in Limerick between 1922 and 1982, the report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalene laundries has found.

The report, which was published by the Department of Justice yesterday afternoon, states that a total of 93 women died at the Clare Street convent over the 60-year period.

The report examined reasons why women and girls entered the 10 religious-run laundries which were operating in the State between 1922 and 1996.

It found that in a quarter of cases girls and women were send to the laundries by the State.