Ireland's Magdalene Laundries

Published: Sept. 26, 2012, 9:17 a.m.

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It's 16 years since the closure of the last Magdalene laundry in Ireland.

The laundries were violent workhouses where young women and girls were forced to work for nothing - unable to leave.

They were run by Roman Catholic Nuns.

Photo: Ellen Murphy today

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