The Irish government's Inter-Departmental Committee report into the Magdalen Laundries, chaired by Senator Martin McAleese and published 5 February 2013, examining the facts of State involvement with the ten Magdalen Laundries operating from 1922 to 1996.
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Citation
AuthorInter-Departmental Committee to Establish the Facts of State Involvement With the Magdalen Laundries (Chair: Senator Martin McAleese)
PublisherGovernment of Ireland
Publication Year2013
URLhttps://www.bishop-accountability.org/reports/2013_02_05_McAleese_Magdalen_Laundries/
Source TypeGovernment report
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Reliability tier 1: the Irish government's own inter-departmental committee report, chaired by an independent senator with access to state records across justice, health, education and other departments and the courts. NotesTier 1: an Irish government inter-departmental committee's own report, cross-checked against TheJournal.ie's contemporaneous coverage of the report's own stated findings.
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