Justice for Magdalenes announce end of political campaign

Every three months, the Knights of Columbus host a blood drive at St. Mary Magdalene church in Apex. And every time, 80-year-old Lorraine O'Brien is there to donate blood. O'Brien, who lives in Holly Springs, began donating in 2003 after her late ...

John Concannon and Jacquie Horan of Cope Galway accept the keys to the former laundry building from Sr Elizabeth Manning and Sr Caitlin Conneely of the Sisters of Mercy. Photograph: Joe Travers A former Magdalene Laundry building is to become a new ...

THE OLDEST KNOWN survivor of the Catholic-run Magdalene laundries has died at the age of 97. Madge O'Donnell, who was born in January 1916, was placed into the Good Shepherd Convent in Cork by a local priest when both of her parents died. She was 34 ...

- Bonnie Armijo awoke from the warm embrace of a dream and grimaced as she realized she was back in her bed on the third floor of St. Annes Institute in Albany, New York. St. Annes was a Magdalene asylum for girls who had been labeled by either the ...

This year Magdalen Bridge will be open to pedestrians and closed to traffic from 4.30am until 9am to enable everyone to enjoy the singing in comfort and safety. The bridge will re-open to traffic as soon as it is safe to do so between 8.30am and ...

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As many as 75 members of the Magdalene Survivors Together group will meet Judge John Quirke, president of the Law Reform Commission, in Dublin this afternoon to discuss proposed compensation packages for them. Last February the Government asked ...

SA singer Sharon Dee, who many will also remember from her popular song Local is Lekker back the day, is trying her hand at gospel operatic musical in