Charlie Flanagan to discuss laundries report with Ombudsman

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan is to meet with the Ombudsman “in the coming weeks” to discuss the findings of his scathing report into the administration of the Magdalene Laundries redress scheme.

It comes as the Irish Examiner revealed earlier this month that seven vulnerable Magdalene Laundries survivors have died without receiving a penny of the redress they were granted in 2013.

It also comes on the back of the Department of Justice missing the deadline to respond to one of the Ombudsman’s key recommendations about the redress scheme.