Site by laundry grave sold for €61.8m

LAND surrounding a former mass grave at the largest Magdalene Laundry was quietly sold by the order of nuns who ran it for €61.8 million during the boom.

The revelation emerged as representatives of the women imprisoned in the laundries met with Justice Minister Alan Shatter.

They discussed the new inquiry and their case for an apology, compensation and a pension for the women involved.