REPORT INTO GALWAY MAGDALENE LAUNDRY TO BE PUBLISHED TODAY

Date Published: 05-Feb-2013

A new report revealing the extent of the Irish Government's knowledge and involvement in the detention of women in Magdalene laundries, including the Galway one, is to be published this afternoon.

Survivors of the laundries want an apology and compensation, and where necessary prosecutions.

There were 10 Magdalene laundries in the Republic - the Sisters of Mercy operated the Magdalene laundry at Forster Street in the city.

The committee which compiled this report was chaired by Senator Martin McAleese who resigned from politics last Friday.