IRELAND
Sky News
By Vicki Hawthorne, Ireland Correspondent
A report into the running of the Magdalene laundries in Ireland is due to be published.
The religious-run institutions started in the late 1700s as places to rehabilitate so-called “fallen” women.
It is estimated that around 30,000 women, mainly single mothers and teenage girls, were placed in the laundries to work.
There were 10 Magdalene laundries across Ireland and the last one closed its doors in 1996.
In the years since, women who lived in the laundries have spoken out about the harsh and gruelling work they had to carry out.
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