€500k memorial to abuse victims at planning stage

A memorial to the victims of institutional child abuse is still in the planning process.

The €500,000 project was recommended in the 2009 Ryan report into abuse at industrial schools and other institutions. A planning application was submitted to Dublin City Council in October for a site at the rear of the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin.

A group representing Magdalene Laundries survivors has called for a memorial to the women.