IRELAND
Irish Examiner
By Conall Ó Fátharta
Justice for Magdalenes have questioned how the Government can pass legislation to liquidate a bank in a matter of hours but need yet more time to issue an apology to Magdalene survivors.
Claire McGettrick of JFM questioned why the Government needed time to reflect on a report which categorically stated that the State was complicit in all areas of the operation of the Magdalene laundries.
She said the Government obviously found it easier to push through a piece of legislation in the Dáil in a matter of hours than to offer an apology to a small group of women.
“It’s clear that the Government was able to stay up all night to liquidate a bank but couldn’t find the time to apologise to a small group of vulnerable women, some of whom are in cold houses and in poverty. It says it all really,” she said.
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