IRELAND
Sky News
Ireland’s Prime Minister choked back tears as he issued an apology to thousands of women who were subjected to regimes of hard work and prayer in Catholic-run workhouses.
Enda Kenny, known as the Taoiseach, described the Magdalene laundries as “the nation’s shame” as he said the state accepted its direct involvement.
“Therefore, I, as Taoiseach, on behalf of the State, the government and our citizens deeply regret and apologise unreservedly to all those women for the hurt that was done to them, and for any stigma they suffered, as a result of the time they spent in a Magdalene Laundry,” Mr Kenny said.
During a moving speech, he also outlined plans to compensate the survivors.
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