IRELAND
Irish Examiner
Thursday, May 05, 2016
By Conall Ó Fátharta
Irish Examiner Reporter
The McAleese report is “neither accurate nor respectful” in the suffering women endured in Magdalene laundries, it has been claimed.
The comments were made by Claire McGettrick of Justice for Magdalenes Research, accepting a Dublin Lord Mayor Award on behalf of the Magdalene women.
She said survivors felt vindicated by an apology from Taoiseach Enda Kenny, but repeated the group’s claim the McAleese report did not disclose the full story with regard to the Magdalene laundries.
“On the surface, the women have been vindicated since Enda Kenny’s emotional apology in 2013.
“Beneath, however, there is the inescapable reality that the official State record on the experiences of Magdalene women is neither accurate nor respectful of what they endured.
“The State’s official position is that a very small level of physical abuse took place in the laundries and we absolutely refute this assertion,” said Ms McGettrick.
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