Kenny sorry for 'stigma' of being in Magdalene laundries, but stops short of full apology

The Taoiseach has stopped short of issuing a full apology to the women detained in Magdalene laundries.

Speaking in the Dáil this afternoon, Enda Kenny said he was sorry that the stigma of being in the laundries was not removed, sorry that people lived in the environment and sorry that it took until July 2011 to instigate the McAleese committee report.