UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
Women who spent time in the Republic of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries have called for a “fast, fair and just” settlement for their suffering.
It comes after a meeting between 17 women, who now live in the UK, and the Irish prime minister Enda Kenny, where they described their treatment to him.
Between 1922 and 1996 some 10,000 women and girls were made to work unpaid in laundries run by Roman Catholic nuns.
The group say they are expecting Mr Kenny to give a full apology next week.
Sally Mulready, who chairs the Irish Women’s Survivors Network, described the meeting as “significant”.
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