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- Mr Kenny apologised to all the women affected. He said their experiences had cast a "long shadow" over Irish life and that it had been "humbling and inspiring" to meet them. "For 90 years Ireland subjected these women, and their experience, to a profound indifference," he said.
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Feb 19, 2013 · The Report shows that the perception that the Magdalene Laundries were reserved for what were offensively and judgementally called “fallen women” is not based upon fact at all but upon...
Feb 19, 2013 · This is the full text of Enda Kenny's apology to the women who were sent to the Magdalene laundries: "I begin today’s debate by thanking Dr Martin McAleese and his team for their excellent...
2 days ago · In 2021, Ireland’s then Taoiseach (prime minister), Enda Kenny, delivered a formal apology to the survivors of the Magdalene laundries. The laundries were religious institutions where unmarried ...
3 days ago · In February 2013, the plight of the Magdalene women was finally officially acknowledged when taoiseach Enda Kenny issued a historic state apology to survivors. Addressing the Dáil, he said: “As a society, for many years we failed you. We forgot you or, if we thought of you at all, we did so in untrue and offensive stereotypes.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has apologised to the women who spent time in the Magdalene laundries. In an emotional speech, which was greeted by loud applause, Mr Kenny said: "This is a national shame for...
Feb 19, 2013 · The Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Enda Kenny, has formally apologised on behalf of the state for its role in the Magdalene laundries. Some 10,000 women and girls were made to do unpaid...
3 days ago · On October 25, 1996, a dark chapter in Ireland’s history finally came to an end with the closure of the nation’s last Magdalene laundry in Dublin’s Sean McDermott Street.
