TDs call for forum to openly record testimonies of laundry survivors

Fianna Fáil has called for a forum to openly record the hundreds of testimonies of survivors of the Magdalene Laundries while others said the issue of redress for women should not be delayed.

Opposition parties and TDs were responding to the landmark apology by the State yesterday for the hurt suffered by former residents of the institutions.

Members on the other side of the house praised Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s apology on behalf of the State, and also praised Magdalene survivors in the public gallery who attended the Dáil speeches.