Tag: Magdalene laundries
Ireland agrees to reassess claims of workers in Magdalene laundries
DUBLIN — Women who worked in Ireland’s “Magdalene laundries” but were denied compensation under the state’s Magdalene Restorative Justice program have won their long-running...
Irish president apologizes to women sent to Magdalene laundries
DUBLIN — President Michael D. Higgins of Ireland described the treatment of women and children in state-controlled institutions managed by the Catholic Church as...