The General Post Office in Dublin, center of the 1916 rebellion against British rule, is today a shrine to Irish freedom. Three blocks to the east, on a quiet, run-down side street, stands a monument to a very different side of Irish history — though maybe not for long.
The old Gloucester Street laundry, the last of Ireland’s infamous Magdalene Laundries to shut its doors, will soon be demolished and replaced by a budget hotel and a student residence — if the City Council has its way.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/world/europe/magdalene-laundries-ireland.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/world/europe/magdalene-laundries-ireland.html