Magdalene survivors ask for pension and apology

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

Groups representing the survivors have given a cautious welcome to the Government’s announcement that it will set up an independently chaired, inter-departmental committee to “clarify any state interaction with the Magdalene Laundries”.

The religious institutions that ran the laundries are to be asked to release all records on residents.