‘Serious doubt’ at McAleese report finding

New research has cast "serious doubt" on one of the key findings of the McAleese report concerning the length of time women spent in Magdalene laundries.

The research, undertaken as part of the Justice For Magdalenes Research (JFM Research) Names Project, comes as the group reiterated its call for Magdalene laundries to be included in the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation.

According to the McAleese Report, 61% of known entries spent less than a year in Ireland’s 10 Magdalene institutions.