Tears at vigils

IRELAND
The Irish Sun

MOVING remembrance vigils in both Galway and Dublin for the women of the Magdalene laundries leave many of their participants teary-eyed yesterday.

There were emotional moments in Galway as a solemn group gathered at the memorial statue on Forster Street.

And young Cillian Urroz, five, leans in with a tribute candle.

Meanwhile in Dublin, the Justice for Magdalenes hosted the second annual ‘Flowers for Magdalenes’ — laying flowers on each grave at Glasnevin Cemetery, where many Magdalene women are buried.

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