Bid to reassure Magdalene survivors over memorial statue

GALWAY City Council has moved to allay the fears of Magdalene survivors by quashing suggestions that a memorial statue will be relocated due to a new bus lane being put in place.

The statue, the Final Journey, which pays tribute to the pain and suffering experienced by the women of the Magdalene laundry, is located at the corner of Forster Street and Bothár Breandan O Eithir, close to where the laundry institution once stood.

Justice for Magdalenes (JFM), an advocacy group for survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries, said it had become aware that the statue might be relocated.