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Ireland apologizes for ‘slave labor’ at Catholic-run laundries
Taoiseach Enda Kenny forced into finally saying sorry for ‘the hurt and trauma’ caused to up to 10,000 Magdalene women The Irish State has finally said sorry to 10,000 women and girls incarcerated in Catholic Church-run laundries where they were treated as virtual slaves. Taoiseach Enda Kenny was forced into…
Report: Catholic laundries enslaved women and girls in Ireland as recently as 1996
Taoiseach Enda Kenny fails to formally apologise for involvement over female enslavement causing more outrage After more than seven decades of exploitation and a 10-year struggle for justice, Ireland on Tuesday admitted its role in the enslavement of thousands of women and girls in the notorious Magdalene Laundry system, but…
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