IRELAND
Irish Times
Patsy McGarry
A wreath will be laid at the gates of Leinster House at midday today to mark the first anniversary of Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s apology to women who had been in Magdalene laundries.
A second wreath will be laid at Glasnevin cemetery on the graves of undocumented Magdalene women buried there this afternoon.
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has called on the State to deliver on its promises to provide full restorative justice for women survivors of the laundries without further delay.
Its head of outreach Rachel Doyle said that “a year ago today, Enda Kenny’s apology saw the Magdalene survivors vindicated and gave them hope of finally achieving justice. Yet one year on, many of the women are yet to receive a penny.
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