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New support services launched to help survivors of NI mother and baby homes

Survivors of historical institutions for women in Northern Ireland are to get access to mental health support and family tracing services. Thousands of women and girls in Northern Ireland spent time in mother and baby homes, Magdalene laundries and ...

30 Sept 2022 at 11:03

National News

Unreleased Sinead O’Connor song airs on BBC’s Magdalene laundries scandal drama

A Sinead O’Connor song which was previously unreleased has aired on a BBC One show. The late Irish singer-songwriter gave psychological drama The Woman In The Wall the permission to use The Magdalene Song and it aired at the end of the last ...

25 Sept 2023 at 12:26

Northern Ireland

Sinead O’Connor ‘gave us strength’, says Magdalene laundry survivor

A woman who suffered abuse in one of the same institutions as Sinead O’Connor said the singer “made Ireland a different place” by speaking out on church and state exploitation. O’Connor spoke openly about abuse she faced in a Magdalene ...

08 Aug 2023 at 16:52

National News

Cillian Murphy: Magdalene Laundries remains collective trauma for Ireland

Cillian Murphy has said that the Magdalene Laundries scandal has continued to be a “collective trauma” that is still being dealt with by the Irish public. The Oscar and Bafta nominee, 47, is starring in Small Things Like These, based ...

16 Feb 2024 at 08:58

Local News

Society owes Magdalene Laundry survivors says Donegal TD

Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, said society owes it to survivors to ensure the site of the former Magdalene Laundry on Seán McDermott Street in Dublin is preserved until decisions are made about its future in ...

13 Nov 2020 at 21:30

Northern Ireland

‘Milestone’ mother and baby homes inquiry announcement welcomed

The formal announcement of a consultation for a public inquiry into mother and baby institutions has been welcomed as an “important milestone”. First Minister Michelle O’Neill said she hopes to see the draft Bill for the ...

26 Jun 2024 at 08:09

What's On

'Eclipsed' exposes the brutality of Ireland's Magdalene laundries

A powerful play about Ireland's Magdalene Laundries is being presented by dlr Mill Theatre in Dundrum Town centre. Directed by Kate Canning, the award-winning 'Eclipsed' by Galway's Patricia Burke Brogan is set in a ...

16 Jan 2020 at 15:20

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