IRELAND
Irish Examiner
Saturday, February 09, 2013
ANALYSIS: Conall Ó Fátharta
The fallout from the McAleese Report is sure to continue, says Conall Ó Fátharta
A week that promised so much for the survivors of Magdalene Laundries ended up delivering little.
Despite the McAleese report finally rubber-stamping a fact that has been known for years — that the State was involved in all aspects of the Magdalene Laundries — no State apology has been forthcoming.
The Government and Taoiseach Enda Kenny parsed and prevaricated, clinging to the razor-thin argument that just 26% of women in the laundries were sent by the State.
The key point here is: Regardless of how women came to be there, the fact the State monitored, inspected, and had State contracts with the laundries make it responsible for all the women who worked for no pay in these institutions.
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