Over 1,600 women died in Magdalene laundries — over double figure cited by McAleese report

Over 1,600 women died in Magdalene laundries — more than double the figure cited by the McAleese report.

The figures, compiled by Justice For Magdalenes Research (JFMR), are included in a scathing dissection of the McAleese report being prepared by the group — a draft section of which has been seen by the Irish Examiner.

In the lengthy critique of the report’s chapter on deaths, the group states it has so far identified a total of 1,663 who died in Magdalene laundries — almost twice the figure of 879 cited in the McAleese Report.