IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Louise Hogan
Tuesday February 05 2013
SURVIVORS of the Magdalene Laundries have told how they feel let down by the report and the State.
Steven Riordan, spokesman for Magdalene Survivors Together, said the women wanted an apology from both Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the religious orders involved in the Magdalene Laundries.
Mr Riordan said a compensation scheme should be put in place for the survivors as they were “denied their constitutional rights”. He was speaking after meeting with Senator Martin McAleese to get a first look at the 1,000-plus page report.
“The reality is we forced women in Irish society to participate in slavery,” he said. “The women never got the opportunities it was said they would get by entering these institutions. The constitutional rights of these women were completely obliterated.”
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