The beginning of the fall of the Catholic Church in Ireland
Bishop Eamonn Casey’s life and career came apart 30 years ago today
Nuns who ran Magdalene laundries have not contributed to redress for women
Some €32m in awards of €11,000-€100,000 made to more than 800 survivors to date
Sr Margaret Hegarty – her devotion to helping children changed many lives for the better
An Appreciation
New book on Magdalene Laundries addresses ‘fundamental flaws’
Burials, exhumations and cremations of former Magdalene women ‘deeply troubling’
Redress for abuse in religious institutions falls short of 2009 commitments
Many properties transferred to trusts set up shortly before publication of Ryan Report
Mary’s story: The Magdalene laundry survivor who still lives there
“I never met my mother ... I wasn’t allowed to see her.” Mary Gaffney tells her life story
What is it in the Irish character that compels us to secrecy?
RTÉ’s Redress: Breaking the Silence was a brave and often unwatchable documentary
Religious congregations yet to fully honour compensation deals
About €250m of €1.5bn has been paid to survivors from agreements in 2002 and 2009
Audit critical of five Catholic male congregations on child protection
Tusla review finds ‘a clear shift in attitudes and culture within the congregations’
Grace Dyas: The dirty secrets of a Dublin Magdalene laundry
Her new play deals with a search at a Magdalene laundry, but is also a metaphor for things we hope will never surface
New Magdalene research presents complex picture
Rite & Reason: Is there room for more rounded and fairer assessment?
Abuse survivors angry at order getting ownership of hospital
Congregation being ‘gifted’ €300m hospital has yet to honour its redress commitments
The life-long prisoners of State-funded, church-run institutions
Many women were born in State homes then sent to industrial schools and laundries
Una Mullally: Tuam scandal shines a light on Ireland’s darkness
The shaming, secrecy and barbarity of the Catholic Church is still in force today
Dublin City Council to sell two-acre ‘Convent Lands’ site
Council wants Sean McDermott Street site to be turned into mixed-use neighbourhood
Flowers for Magdalenes event to honour victims
Public encouraged to visit graves of women who died in Magdalene laundries on Sunday
Review of homeless and housing services ordered
Minister for the Community Alan Kelly orders action out of concern at overlap, duplication
Religious orders, HSE sued over alleged forced adoption
Woman claims four-month-old baby taken from her 45 years ago
Three errors of fact in Vatican submission to UN Committee on Rights of the Child
Denied using term ‘illegitimate’ when referring to children or promoting corporal punishment
Vatican misled UN committee on compensation to Magdalene women
Submission was so inaccurate, Alan Shatter wrote to Rome seeking clarification
Minister writes to Magdalene nuns for third time seeking contribution to redress scheme
To date €3.5 million paid out to women
Inquiry needed to compel congregations to reveal truth about treatment of Magdalenes
Orders still refusing to contribute to reparations scheme
Kenny defends decision not to pursue nuns for Magdalene redress fund
Taoiseach calls on religious orders to ‘reflect’ on decision not to contribute to fund
Magdalene nuns refusing payment had assets of €1.5bn
Most of the assets comprise property and buildings
Kenny asks orders to ‘reflect’ on refusal to pay redress
Taoiseach says he cannot force four congregations to contribute to scheme for former residents
SF seeks debate on nuns’ refusal to contribute to Magdalene scheme
Deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald says situation is ‘absolutely unacceptable’
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