Claire Mcgettrick
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Magdalene survivors insist State not fulfilling terms of compensation scheme
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 25, 2020, 18:19
A healthcare package offered under a government compensation scheme to women who spent time in Magdalene laundries was “essentially nothing more than”(...)

Hundreds of Magdalene women from Ireland, including those who have been living abroad, are taking part in an historic two-day event in Dublin on Tuesd(...)

Call for Magdalene laundry sites to be searched for graves
- Irish News
- March 6, 2017, 05:00
The sites of two former Magdalene laundries in Dublin should not be redeveloped until it is confirmed there are no children’s graves there, a survivor(...)

The State must help identify every woman and child who died at all Magdalene laundries and Mother and Baby Homes, a survivors’ group has said.* The (...)

New project to aid those affected by mother-and-baby homes
- Social Affairs
- June 15, 2016, 16:16
Women and others whose lives were affected by the mother-and-baby homes, including those forcibly adopted as babies, have been urged to avail of a fre(...)

A commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will have the power to compel drug companies which conducted vaccine trials on children resid(...)

Warning issued on mother-and-baby homes inquiry
- Social Affairs
- July 21, 2014, 01:00
A group representing people housed in mother-and-baby homes has warned that it will bring a complaint to the UN Committee Against Torture if the term(...)

Department of Justice rejects Magdalene group’s criticism of McAleese report
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 29, 2013, 01:00
The Department of Justice has sharply criticised a submission by the Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) advocacy group to the McAleese committee on the exte(...)

UN watchdog criticises Magdalene report for lack of independence
- News
- June 3, 2013, 01:00
The United Nations torture watchdog has criticised the McAleese inquiry into the Magdalene laundries, saying it lacked many elements of a “prompt, ind(...)