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Irish Times

JUDITH CROSBIE

A group of Magdalene laundry survivors has called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to meet them to discuss the need for an apology.

“By meeting these women, he will understand the social significance of apologising,” said Steven O’Riordan, of the group Magdalene Survivors Together, which represents 27 women who were in the laundries.

Debate

They want a meeting ahead of a Dáil debate in two weeks on the report into the laundries, published on Tuesday, he said.

He explained that the women were upset at the lack of an apology and also at how Mr Kenny, in a Dáil statement on Tuesday, linked them with other groups including people who suffered as a result of symphysiotomy and thalidomide.