IRELAND
An Phoblacht
John Hedges
An Phoblacht Editor
THE sixth annual “Flowers for Magdalenes” remembrance event takes place next Sunday (5 March) at 2:30pm at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
This special event aims to remember the women and girls who were incarcerated in Magdalene Laundries during that shameful period of our all too recent history.
The poignant ceremony will feature an address from Claire McGettrick of Justice for Magdalenes Research, Mary Lou McDonald TD (pictured below) and Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD.
This will be followed by the laying of flowers on the graves and monuments to the women, many of whom lived and died inside the walls of these institutions.
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