Magdalenes group set to sue the State over deaths

The Justice for Magdalenes group is gearing up to sue the State over the hundreds of women who died and were buried in mass and often unmarked graves.

The scandal of women who were frequently imprisoned and forced to work because they were unmarried mothers was raised by the UN committee on economic and social rights in Geneva.

Two committee members did not appear to accept the Government’s claim they had properly investigated the issue and that the women were not detained against their will.