Water meters and Magdalene apology: Six stand-out moments from Reeling in the Years 2013

From horse meat being found in our food to a formal apology being delivered to the survivors of Magdalene Laundries, the 2013 episode of Reeling in the Years was eventful
Water meters and Magdalene apology: Six stand-out moments from Reeling in the Years 2013

Enda Kenny apologising to Magdalene laundry victims from the Dail

1. An apology to Magdalene Laundry survivors in the Dáil 

On behalf of the state, then Taoiseach Enda Kenny formally apologised for its role in the Magdalene laundries, in which thousands of women and girls did unpaid manual labour in laundries run by Catholic nuns between 1922 and 1996.

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