IRELAND
Sunday World
According to Dublin City Council the last Magdalene Laundry to close will soon become housing.
The building on Sean McDermott street in Dublin city is derelict but will be renovated and converted into housing.
The laundry was the last one in the country to close in 1996.
The malpractice that went on behind the closed doors of the Magdalene Laundries has been brought to light in recent years following a number of reports and investigations.
Thousands of women have come forward over the years and made complaints about the treatment of women in the Laundries.
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