IRELAND
Irish Independent
Thousands of women who survived Catholic-run workhouses known as Magdalene laundries are expected to receive a state apology from the Government.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to make a statement two weeks after a report revealed 10,000 women were incarcerated in institutions run by nuns for a myriad of reasons from petty crime to poverty, disability or pregnancy outside marriage.
Twenty women who were locked up in one of the laundries will attend a parliamentary debate to witness first hand the anticipated apology.
Representative group Magdalene Survivors Together is also hoping to hear details of a compensation scheme.
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