Magdalene women win compensation at last

IRELAND
The Times (UK)

Frances Gibb Legal Editor

April 19 2014

Hundreds of women who were forced to work in appalling conditions without pay are about to receive compensation after a marathon legal battle.

The settlement, from the Irish government is the climax of a 12-year fight by London lawyers to obtain justice for the women, who worked in what were known as the Magdalene Laundries.

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