IRELAND
Irish Examiner
By Shaun Connolly, Political Correspondent
Survivors of the Magdalene Laundries are being made to feel they are being punished for a second time due to Government indifference, the Dáil has heard.
Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan demanded Taoiseach Enda Kenny live up to the promises he made to the women and ensure they get the compensation and respect they deserve.
“The effect is that some ladies are being excluded from redress, while others are being offered less than that to which they might be entitled.
“There are those who feel so defeated by this extra burden they are being obliged to shoulder that it is like being back in the laundries for them.”
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