Former residents of the Magdalene Laundries said they expect to get a full state apology for what happened, following a “teary” three-hour meeting with the Taoiseach and Tánaiste.

“YOU were classed as nothing, you were told you came from nothing and you would always go back to being nothing.”

ALL IRELAND Primate and Archbishop of Armagh, Cardinal Seán Brady has told a clerical abuse survivors group that the Church is committed to finding a “just solution” to the victims of the Magdalene Laundries.