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Magdalene Laundries News
Latest news articles
How a new Ireland was forged on the anvil of one woman's suffering
edited version of the introduction to A Woman to Blame: The Kerry Babies Case by Nell McCafferty, published by Cork University Press, reprinted in The Irish Times, 8th March 2010
Magdalene victims awaiting apology
Justice for Magdalenes Coordinatinr Committee letter, The Irish Times, 26th February 2010
Magdalene victims awaiting apology
Justice for Magdalenes Coordinatinr Committee letter, Belfast Telegraph, 26th February 2010
It's time the Pope came clean about the Magdalene Laundries
Sharon Owens, Belfast Telegraph, 24th February 2010
Why time is not on the side of the Magdalene victims
Niamh Connolly, The Sunday Business Post, 7th February 2010
Magdalene group says meeting with Department of Education helpful
Alison Healy, Irish Times, 3rd February 2010
Magdalene group meets with officials
Alison Healy, Irish Times: Breaking News, 2nd February 2010
Letter from Professor James Smith
Irish Times, 2nd February 2010
Magdalene survivors' group to meet Department officials
Irish Examiner, 2nd February 2010
Letter from Professor James Smith
Irish Examiner, 31st December 2009
Taoiseach urged to extend redress scheme to Magdalene women
Marie O'Halloran, Irish Times, 18th December 2009
Progress made for Magdalene Laundry survivors - Kennedy
Fianna Fáil website, 18th December 2009
Group to get redress for Magdalene laundry victims
Claire O'Sullivan, Irish Examiner, 17th December 2009
Minister considers new Magdalene evidence
Jamie Smyth, Irish Times, 16th December 2009
O’Keeffe under pressure to withdraw statement
Claire O'Sullivan, Irish Examiner, 16th December 2009
A light at the end of the tunnel for Madgalene Laundries survivors?
Human Rights in Ireland blog, 16th December 2009
Victims of Magdalene cruelty consider lawsuit
Louise Hogan, Irish Independent, 30th November 2009
Bishops lied and covered up
Mary Raftery, Irish Times, 27th November 2009
Redress for Magdalene laundry inmates
James Smith, Letters, Irish Times, 9th November 2009
Magdalene victims to sue for decades of mistreatment
Belfast Telegraph, 5th November 2009
Magdalene women meet officials
Patsy McGarry, Irish Times, 4th November 2009
FF to discuss Magdalen Issue
Irish Times, 3rd November 2009
English professor advocates for reparations
Ana Lopez, BC Heights (Boston College newspaper), 2nd November 2009
Government challenged on Magdalene files
Irish Examiner, 29th October 2009
Airing the laundry
Kevin Cullen, Boston Globe, 19th October 2009
Irish-American activists pressure Irish government over Magdalene Laundries
Frieda Klotz, Irish Voice, 15th October 2009
Occasions of Sin by Diarmaid Ferriter
Review of Ferriter's book by Fintan O'Toole, UK Guardian, 11th October 2009
Destroying the shameful fiction of non-sectarianism
David McAdams, Opinion, Irish Times, 8th October 2009
Victims of abuse meet bishops in Maynooth
Patsy McGarry, Irish Times, 8th October 2009
Redress for Magdalen laundry inmates
Patsy McGarry, Irish Times, 8th October 2009
Documentary maker rages at Minister's stance on 'Maggies'
Conor McHugh, Leinster Leader, 8th October 2009
World is looking at you, minister
Dr. Marie Croll, Letters, Irish Independent, 3rd October 2009
Young Irish filmmaker tackles plight of Magdalene Laundry victims in powerful documentary
Michael Norby, The Irish Emigrant NY, 30th September 2009
State bullies weak yet it panders to the powerful
Fintan O'Toole, Opinion, Irish Times, 29th September 2009
O'Keeffe sorry for Magdalen remark
Patsy McGarry, Irish Times, 29th September 2009
Local woman leads march to raise support for Magdalene sufferers
Carlow People, 29th September 2009
Separate redress scheme urged for Magdalenes
Patsy McGarry, Irish Times, 28th September 2009
Magdalene survivors seek compensation
RTÉ News, 27th September 2009
Lifting the lid on Irish sexuality
Irish Times), 26th September 2009
Magdalene victims deserve day in court
Irish Independent (letters, Mari Steed), 23rd September 2009
O'Keeffe criticised for referring to Magdalen women as 'employees'
Paddy Doyle's blog, The God Squad, 19th September 2009 (of particular interest is the blog commentary)
O’Keeffe criticised for referring to Magdalen women as 'employees'
Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times, 19th September 2009
No redress for residents Magdalen laundries
Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times, 18th September 2009
Unpaid employees sounds better than slave labor
The Art of the Grand Gesture blog, 18th September 2009
No redress for 'former employees' of Magdalen laundries
Human Rights in Ireland blog, 18th September 2009
Special screening of 'Forgotten Maggies' in Banteer
Trish O'Dea, The Corkman, 13th August 2009
Ireland and Frank McCourt: a painful struggle continues
Nick Hayes, MinnPost.com, 3rd August 2009
Deafening silence over deaths of Irish babies
Eddie Holt, IrishCentral.com, 2nd August 2009
Reprise for a Raggy Boy
Arminta Wallace, The Irish Times, 31th July 2009
Government Statement
Department of the Taoiseach, 28th July 2009
Sinners have shamed land of saints and scholars
Aine Kerr, Irish Independent, 29th July 2009
Child abuse inquiry to cost up to €136m
RTÉ News, 29th July 2009
Pain and struggle of survivors palpable as questions remain
Noel Baker, The Examiner, 29th July 2009
On right path but sins of the Church not forgotten
Opinion, Irish Independent, 29th July 2009
Deference towards Church 'lost amid abuse scandals'
BreakingNews.ie, 28th July 2009
Government Statement
Department of the Taoiseach, 28th July 2009
Individual voices of abused not being heard in debate
Bruce Arnold, Irish Independent, 27th July 2009
Abuse survivors in UK step up campaign
RTÉ News, 25th July 2009
Religious orders miss deadline to submit financial statements
Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times, 25th July 2009
Bringing 'Forgotten Maggies' to Kildare
Conor McHugh, Leinster Leader, 23th July 2009
Voices of our Magdalene women washed out of history for too long
James Smith, Sunday Tribune, 12th July 2009
Redress Board's failure to hear abuse histories a 'disgrace', says film-maker
Lorna Siggins, Western correspondent, The Irish Times, 9th July 2009
No problems for Huston as Michael D shares the limelight at film fleadh
(Nice mention of Steven O'Riordan's 'Forgotten Maggies' documentary)
John O'Fallon, Irish Independent, 8th July 2009
Ross Magdalene laundry features in 'Forgotten Maggies'
New Ross Standard, 8th July 2009
Call for apology to survivors of laundries
Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times, 6th July 2009
Battle for redress for thousands of Magdalene slaves
Gabrielle Monaghan, The Sunday Times, 5th July 2009
Millstreet film-maker tells harrowing story of the 'forgotten Maggies'
Prosperous man involved in new film about the Magdalenes
Carlow Nationalist, 1st July 2009
'The nun said nothing and just thumped me in the stomach'
Conor McHugh, Leinster Leader, 1st July 2009
Protestant abuse victims must also be heard
Derek Leinster, The Irish Times, 1st July 2009
Abuse report shattered assumptions
Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times, 30th June 2009
Former Magdalene laundry inspires art students
Colum Cooney, Limerick Post, 25th June 2009
March of support for abuse victims
Michael Parsons, Irish Times, 24th June 2009
The Magdalen Laundries — Compartmentalizing abuse...forgotten voices
James Smith, Manchester University Press blog, 24th June 2009
March of support for abuse victims
Michael Parsons, Irish Times, 24th June 2009
'My foster parents didn't want me. I was left to run wild and endured a childhood of emotional and financial poverty'
Danielle Wrate, The Guardian UK, 18th June 2009
A refugee of evil Irish past
Kevin Cullen, Boston Globe, 18th June 2009
Profound moment of validation for forgotten children
Carl O'Brien, Irish Times, 10th June 2009
We've always abused the poor and unloved
Con Houlilhan, Herland.ie, 10th June 2009
Eclipsed to give view of life inside the Magdalene laundries at Town Hall
Charlie Mcbride, Galway Advertiser, 4th June 2009
The 18 orders: what they do now
Alison Healy, Irish Times, 30th May 2009
Nor was the flock without sin
Eilis O'Hanlon, Irish Independent, 24th May 2009
No wall between Church and State: Ireland and the largest child abuse scandal in history
Daniel Vojir, OpEdNews, 23th May 2009
Catholic Church braced for major report on child abuse
Belinda Tasker, American Chornicle, 20th May 2009
Child abuse victims seek justice
BBC News, 20th May 2009
Irish abuse report is 'shocking'
BBC News, 20th May 2009
Sculpture honours Magdalene women
RTÉ, 8th March 2009
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