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WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service
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Margaretta D'Arcy, Irish Taoiseach [Prime Minister], Enda Kenny; women who had been victims of the laundry.
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Sept. 16, 2024, midnight
Description: From 1839 until 1996, young Irish women who didn't toe the line were remanded to Catholic-run slave-labor laundry facilities. On Feb. 20, 2013, the government apologized for its role.
Credits: Produced by Margaretta D'Arcy. Music by Mary Coghlan and Joanie Mitchell (both songs are titled "Magdalene Laundries").
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service has been covering the global women's movement and related issues for community radio since 1986. Pitches considered. Contact: wings@wings.org

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