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Fri 03 Mar 2010Request for Magdalene records to be released
VICTIMS:THE RELIGIOUS congregations which operated Magdalene laundries will be asked by the Government at a forthcoming meeting to consider releasing records for all women and children who entered their laundries after January 1900.
Minister for Health Mary Harney assured the Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) group yesterday that the matter would be raised with the religious orders, which are due to meet the Government again soon to discuss their financial contribution to victims in the aftermath of the Ryan report.
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