IRELAND
Irish Times
Michael O’Regan
Fri, May 30, 2014
An enormous burden of proof was placed on some of the survivors of the Magdalene laundries because of inadequate records, Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan told the Dáil.
She said “one would imagine that a much more flexible approach could be adopted at this point” and that “the ladies to whom I refer could be given the benefit of the doubt’’.
Ms O’Sullivan said some of the women were being excluded from redress, while others were being offered less than their entitlement.
“There are those who feel so defeated by this extra burden they are being obliged to shoulder that it is like being back in the laundries for them.’’
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