Irish Examiner View: Children then – UN torture committee to hear Magdalene Laundries case

The determination of a 70-year-old Irish woman to get justice for the abuse she suffered as a child in Magdalene Laundries is likely to have far-reaching implications for survivors of such institutions all over the world.

The UN’s Committee Against Torture has agreed to hear the case of Elizabeth Coppin, concerning her years working in three of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries, two in Cork and one in Waterford.