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Thu 11 Nov 2009Magdalene women meet officials
FIVE WOMEN who had been in Magdalene laundries met the secretary general of the Department of Justice, Seán Aylward, and assistant secretary James Martin for a two-hour meeting yesterday afternoon. Compensation for the women and a State apology were among topics discussed.
Mary Smith (57), Marina Gambold (née Fitzgerald) (74), Maureen Sullivan (62), Maureen Taylor (57) and Kathleen Legg (74) also told the officials about their own experiences in the laundries.
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