IRELAND
The Cork News
Friday, 1 February 2013
By:
Maria Tracey
The committee director of the Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) group has called for a State apology and compensation for victims ahead of the publication of a long awaited report on the Magdalene Laundries, due next week.
Mari Steed, whose mother spent 10 years at the laundries in Sunday’s Well said an apology would relieve the “stigma” and “shame” felt by women who were detained at the Magdalene Laundries.
Ms Steed believes an apology should follow the findings of an interdepartmental report- prepared by a committee of officials from five Government departments- expected to be published next Tuesday, February 5th.
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