IRELAND
Longford Leader
The laundry in the Industrial School in Newtownforbes was not included in last week’s report on the Magdalene Laundries because it was classed as an industrial school – not a laundry. Following the publication of the McAleese report last week, it emerged that submissions were made to the committee compiling the report to include four more laundries: St Mary’s Stanhope Street in Dublin, Summerhill in Wexford, Bethany Home in Rathgar, Dublin and Newtownforbes Industrial School.
However these submissions were not accepted by the Government.
In a statement to the Longford Leader this week, the Department of Justice outlined the reasons why Newtownforbes was omitted from the report.
“Newtownforbes was not included in the McAleese report because it was an industrial school with a laundry attached, not a Magdalene Laundry”.
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