‘Incorrect’ evidence in Magdalene case

A High Court judge reprimanded a Department of Justice official for offering ‘incorrect’ evidence on an affidavit in a Magdalene laundries case.

The comments were made by Judge Michael White, in June of last year, in his judgment in the case of two women who went to the High Court to fight a decision by the Department of Justice to exclude them from the Magdalene redress scheme.

The Irish Examiner has obtained two sworn affidavits by the Department of Justice in relation to the case of two women who went to the High Court to fight a decision to exclude them from the Magdalene redress scheme.