Irish PM may say sorry to nun-run laundry workers
20 Feb 2013 5:31 AM IST
Ireland's prime minister is expected to issue a state apology on Tuesday to the thousands of Irish women who spent years working without pay in a defunct network of prison-style laundries run by Catholic nuns.
Former residents of the Magdalene Laundries have campaigned for the past decade for the government to apologise and pay compensation to an estimated 1,000 survivors of the workhouses.
Two weeks ago the Irish government published an investigation into the state's role in overseeing the laundries. It found that more than 10,000 women worked in 10 laundries run by former orders of nuns from 1922 to 1996, when the last Dublin facility closed.
Former residents of the Magdalene Laundries have campaigned for the past decade for the government to apologise and pay compensation to an estimated 1,000 survivors of the workhouses.
Two weeks ago the Irish government published an investigation into the state's role in overseeing the laundries. It found that more than 10,000 women worked in 10 laundries run by former orders of nuns from 1922 to 1996, when the last Dublin facility closed.
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