This year marks the 150th anniversary of Marymount University Hospital and Hospice, which has cared for the sick and elderly for generations.

The determination of a 70-year-old Irish woman to get justice for the abuse she suffered as a child in Magdalene Laundries is likely to have far-reaching implications for survivors of such institutions all over the world.

The Religious Sisters of Charity says it is confident of a “positive outcome” on the legal transfer of its land shares for the building of the new National Maternity Hospital.

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A deal has not been reached on who will build, own and run the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) despite planners giving it the go-ahead this week.

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Self-appointed Scribes and Pharisees rubbish the life’s work of hundreds of hard-working women, writes Victoria White.

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The row between the National Maternity Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital over their co-location plans has deepened after a top obstetrician said the latter’s insistence on giving its Catholic-ethos board control over its new neighbour made no sense.

A Corkwoman has moved a step close to becoming a saint after Pope Francis declared her venerable.

St Vincent’s Hospital Group has created two chief executive posts in a bid to bring it into line with public pay policy.

The trustees of Cork’s northside primary schools have been urged to consult properly before making any new proposals to deal with enrolment issues in the area.

Plans to close the North Monastery primary school in Cork City have been withdrawn after angry opposition by parents, pupils, staff and the wider local community.

Parents fighting to prevent the closure of a historic Cork school are taking their campaign on to the streets.

Magdalene Laundry survivors plan to protest outside the provincial headquarters of a religious order which has refused to contribute to the State’s redress scheme.

Despite the Government’s recent overwhelming majority on legislation allowing abortion in limited circumstances in this country, a potential obstacle remains in its path and threatens a looming clash with one voluntary hospital out of the seven selected among 25 hospitals nationwide as appropriate to perform abortions.

The Government has ruled out legal action to force religious orders to contribute to a compensation fund for survivors of the Magdalene Laundries.

A religious-run adoption agency, which facilitated illegal adoptions and exported more than 500 “illegitimate” children, is withdrawing its tracing and information service.

There was a mixed reaction among Magdalene Laundry survivors and representative groups to the recommendations in the Quirke Report.

Redress should not be on an ex gratia basis. Religious orders should be made to pay and apologise for their treatment of the women, writes Claire O’Sullivan

Four orders that ran Magdalene laundries made €296m from property deals, write Claire O’Sullivan and Conor Ryan

Just one of the religious orders that ran Magdalene laundries has offered a specific apology to the women who suffered in their care.

More than 10,000 women spent time in Magdalene Laundries across the country between 1922 and 1996.

Religious orders which operated the Magdalene laundries have insisted that they believe their role was to provide care and refuge.

Survivors of the Magdalene laundries have quickly rejected the Taoiseach's apology, and demanded a fuller and more frank admission from government and the religious orders involved.

Survivors of Catholic-run workhouses in Ireland are awaiting an apology from state and church over their forced detention in the institutions.

A religious order which amassed a €233m property portfolio has said it cannot afford to release €3m it promised to put into a trust fund for the victims of institutional child abuse.

THE Sisters of Charity has revealed its desire to sell lucrative tracts of land around Dublin which it no longer needs.

MAGDALENE laundry survivors have called for an apology as well as basic compensation from the state in the form of a pension.

MAGDALENE Laundry survivors have welcomed the setting up of a committee to probe the depth of the state’s role in the workhouses but criticised the Government for failing to immediately apologise to former female residents.

THE four religious congregations that ran the Magdalene houses in Ireland have agreed to help achieve justice for thousands of women who were forced to work in the laundries.

A nun who campaigns for social justice today apologised to children who were abused while under the care of the Sisters of Charity.

Hundreds of young women trafficked to Ireland have been forced into the sex industry, it was revealed today.

A leading cancer specialist today vowed to bypass hospital ethics committees which refuse to advise women on potentially life-saving cancer drug trials to use contraception.

ONE of the country’s largest hospitals has held up a cancer drug trial after its ethics committee objected to a requirement that women who take part use contraception.

IMMIGRANT workers are being shamefully exploited because their knowledge of their rights is totally inadequate, the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) said yesterday.