Statements on the Magdalene Laundries Report - Taoisearch Enda Kenny Feb 19, 2013 - Complete
- 11 years ago
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny's full, 17-minute speech as delivered Feb 19, 2013. Kenny apologised to the women committed to Magdalene Laundries. During his emotional speech, Kenny said government officials "deeply regret and apologise unreservedly to all those women for the hurt that was done to them."
Those who crafted the report on the Laundries "have helped provide Ireland with a document of truth." The laundries "have cast a long shadow over Irish life over our sense of who we are." He apologized on behalf of his nation, saying:
"We now know that the State itself was directly involved in over a quarter of all admissions to the Magdalene Laundries.
"Be it through the social services reformatories psychiatric institutions county homes the prison and probation service and industrial schools."
Those who crafted the report on the Laundries "have helped provide Ireland with a document of truth." The laundries "have cast a long shadow over Irish life over our sense of who we are." He apologized on behalf of his nation, saying:
"We now know that the State itself was directly involved in over a quarter of all admissions to the Magdalene Laundries.
"Be it through the social services reformatories psychiatric institutions county homes the prison and probation service and industrial schools."