'If you did anything wrong you were put down in the hole,' recalls Magdalene laundries survivor at rally

Survivors of Magdalene laundries, and their relatives, have relived the horrors of rape, abuse and lost lives as they renewed calls for a memorial and full redress.

A rally was held off Sean McDermott Street in Dublin, the site of the last Catholic workhouse to be shut, a fortnight after a damning United Nations report criticising the Government for failing to live up to commitments to the women.