IRELAND
BBC News
Women from the Magdalene Survivors Together group have said they are confident they will receive an apology from the prime minister (taoiseach) of the Irish Republic.
The laundries were Catholic-run workhouses that operated in Ireland and where girls and women had to do unpaid, manual labour.
Many were sent there by the state.
The women were speaking after a meeting with both Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his deputy Eamon Gilmore.
They said they had received a very compassionate response from both men.
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