State Magdalene response ‘cynical’

The Government’s response to the UN Committee Against Torture recommendations on the Magdalene Laundries issue has been termed “cynical” and “disingenuous”.

The Government had been given one year to report back on measures taken to put last June’s UNCAT recommendation on the laundries into effect.

The committee said it was “gravely concerned” at the failure by the State to protect girls and women who were involuntarily confined in the laundries between 1922 and 1996.