Magdalene laundries

An Irishwoman’s Diary

Most legal actions by abuse survivors have already been dealt with

Author says unanswered questions remain regarding the treatment of women

Burials, exhumations and cremations of former Magdalene women ‘deeply troubling’

Extra-marital sex was a threat to our self-perceived identity of moral superiority

Report from commission received by Minister for Children on Friday

Without such confidentiality there would be no Ryan, Murphy, Cloyne or Magdalene reports

Through addiction, infidelity and other life struggles, music was her constant escape

Healthcare package promised to women falls far short, survey of survivors shows

Jennifer O’Connell: There are now two Irelands, co-existing within a few feet of each other

It is time we remembered all Josephs and Marys whose dignity, freedom and lives were stolen

‘ I’ve become increasingly alarmed at the way the people have found themselves going back into the trenches’

Hundreds gather for Irish man who was separated from his mother at five years of age

Art exhibition will display work of 20 artists in University College Cork

Journalist Justine McCarthy uses speech to address series of crises affecting citizens

RTÉ’s ‘Coming Home’ looks back on 2018’s well-wishing event for Magdalene laundry survivors

Interview: On the 10th anniversary of the report’s publication, Ryan looks back

‘Cellar Door' director Viko Nikci on his new horror film, inspired by Magdalene laundries and Tuam babies scandal

Silencing of survivors of historical abuse by those in power has now lasted decades

Rite & Reason: Bishop says there was ‘consistent negative coverage in the media in the final weeks of preparation’

By 1951 more than 1 per cent of the Irish population was incarcerated in institutions

Survivors and family members must be afforded a statutory right to information

Archbishop tells conference focus on abuse prompted survivors to come forward

Rite & Reason: Pope Francis’s visit to the Capuchin Centre was him doing what he does best

‘The last time a pope visited Ireland, homosexuality was a crime. Now Ireland’s prime minister is gay’

Varadkar refers to ‘people kept in dark corners, behind closed doors’ whose cries for help went unheard

Failure has ‘rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame’

Pope ‘needs to commit to doing something to stop this cancer,’ says Marie Collins

Banquet held in Dublin’s Mansion House for some 230 people incarcerated in laundries

Rite&Reason: Mansion House event a small, significant step towards transitional justice

First time for many to speak freely to other women incarcerated in the laundries

Opinion: Anger and sadness can co-exist with relief and gratitude. They don’t negate one another

Family of 796 babies buried at Mother and Baby Home demand exhumation, DNA tests

Academics will interview those with direct experience of institutions

The faith still has significant public and private sway despite blows to the church

Minister denies State is attempting to ‘walk back’ from Magdalene laundries apology

Analysis: Republic faced a wide-ranging critique at torture watchdog’s Geneva meeting

Patricia Cronin’s installation ‘Shrine for Girls’ and a new film, ‘Leisure with Dignity’, by Anne Maree Barry

Enda Kenny squandered majority and focused on trivia and spin

Order to be ‘sole owner’ of State-funded hospital, says Department of Health