Magdalene group critical of response

Justice For Magdalenes (JFM) Research has hit out at the Government’s response to UN criticism’s of the McAleese report as “an outrage” which “beggars belief”.

Rapporteur to the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) Felice Gaer wrote to the Government in May criticising the McAleese report as “incomplete” and lacking “many elements of a prompt, independent, and thorough investigation”.

However, in a response from the Department of Justice issued in Aug, the Government said the McAleese report “disproved” many of the assumptions held about the Magdalene Laundries.