The stigma and suffering of former residents of the Magdalene Laundries has been “prolonged” by the Government’s failure to apologise for what happened, victims said.

A CORK-BASED doctor has appeared before the Irish Medical Council over his treatment of a patient with a history of cardiac problems who collapsed at home two years ago.

The jury at the inquest into the death of a baby girl found in a plastic bag in a lane in Dun Laoghaire County Dublin in 1973 is expected to retire to consider its verdict today.

The jury at the inquest into the death of a baby girl, found dead in Dublin in 1973, has heard a statement from Cynthia Owen's deceased mother, denying that she ever gave birth to a baby at their home.