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10 April 2016

Taoiseach stops short of apologising for Magdalene Laundries, angering survivors

TAOISEACH ENDA KENNY has stopped short of apologising for the State’s involvement in the Magdalene Laundries. In a heated exchange in the Dáil this afternoon, the Taoiseach repeatedly said he was sorry that the stigma attached to the women in the laundries was not removed before now.
He also apologised for the length of time it had taken for a government to carry out a report into the institutions and said he was sorry that the women lived “in that kind of environment”.

http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-magdalene-laundries-apology-783527-Feb2013/