‘Bank law in hours but Magdalenes have to wait’

Justice for Magdalenes have questioned how the Government can pass legislation to liquidate a bank in a matter of hours but need yet more time to issue an apology to Magdalene survivors.

Claire McGettrick of JFM questioned why the Government needed time to reflect on a report which categorically stated that the State was complicit in all areas of the operation of the Magdalene laundries.

She said the Government obviously found it easier to push through a piece of legislation in the Dáil in a matter of hours than to offer an apology to a small group of women.