Site to honour residents of Mother and Baby Homes, Magdalene Laundries to be opened in Dublin

Roderic O'Gorman, who is overseeing the redress schemes for those who were resident in the institutions, said the facility was an important step.

A site of "national conscience" for to honour all those who were resident in Mother and Baby Homes, Industrial Schools, Reformatories, Magdalene Laundries will be opened on the site of a former Magdalene laundry in Dublin.

The National Centre, to be located on the site of the former Magdalene Laundry in Sean MacDermott St in Dublin city centre "will provide digital access to records and exhibits, as well as developing physical presences elsewhere to enable survivors to visit more easily", according to a government statement.