IRELAND
RTE News
The report of the committee investigating State involvement with the Magdalene Laundries between 1922 and 1996 is to be published this afternoon.
It is expected to respond to allegations by former residents that the State colluded with the Catholic Church to illegally incarcerate thousands of women and girls and to make them do unpaid work.
The report is the fruit of an 18-month inquiry by a committee representing six Government departments and independently chaired by Doctor Martin McAleese.
The report runs to over 1,000 pages.
An estimated 30,000 single mothers and other women were detained or resident in ten laundries.
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