Redress is next issue in lengthy fight for justice

Conall Ó Fátharta asks if we can expect more than just ‘sorry’

While a long-overdue State apology to survivors of the Magdalene Laundries is expected to be issued today, the question of what form the redress scheme to be offered takes is now the key issue.

If the weekend reports are to be believed, what the 1,000 or so elderly and vulnerable survivors are to be offered is a far cry from what the UN Committee on Torture recommended in 2011, let alone what Magdalene survivors and support groups have long campaigned for.