Women incarcerated in Catholic Church-run institutions and forced to work for free remember those who died in them. As survivors of Ireland's Magdalene laundries prepare for a national
day of remembrance, many question the sincerity of the government's
apology to women held against their will in the Catholic Church-run
institutions.
These laundries - often described as "prisons" by the women who
worked in them - were established in the 18th century for Ireland's
'fallen' women and remained in operation until 1996, when the last
laundry closed.