IRELAND
Irish Times
The following is an edited version of Enda Kenny’s speech in the Dáil last night.
The Magdalene laundries have cast a long shadow over Irish life . . . over our sense of who we are.
It’s just two weeks since we received this report, the first-ever detailed report into the State’s involvement in the Magdalene laundries.
It shines a bright and necessary light . . . on a dark chapter of Ireland’s history.
The Government was adamant that these ageing and elderly women would get the compassion and the recognition that, until now, has been so abjectly denied.
I was determined the Dáil would take the necessary time to reflect on its findings. I believe that was the best way to formulate a strategy…. that would help us make amends for the State’s role in the hurt of these extraordinary women.
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