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Magdalene Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2012): Jerry Buttimer: ...were shunned and separated from society. It is horrifying to contemplate the brutality that existed in these places, which lasted for the first 84 years of our State. Given that the last of the Magdalene laundries closed in 1996, we should realise that we are not just talking about a historic legacy. We are dealing with something that is a recent memory and a recent scar, unfortunately,...

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