IRELAND
Irish Times
PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent
Sensitive information disclosed to the McAleese committee, which has been investigating State involvement with Magdalene laundries, will not be published in the committee’s report tomorrow.
The interdepartmental committee, chaired by Senator Martin McAleese, began its work in July 2011 and has sought to establish the extent of State interaction with the 10 Magdalene laundries in Ireland between 1922 and 1996.
As Senator McAleese made clear when appointed on July 1st, 2011, “the sole purpose of the committee is to clarify and detail the facts of any State interaction with the laundries”.
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