SHOCKING: Magdalene fac - What They Never Told You

The Fallen by Louise Brangan review – an enraging account of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries

The horrifying story of the Catholic-run institutions that incarcerated thousands of women and girls

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15

Testimony: new documentary shows a stark reckoning with Ireland’s Magdalene past – and the long fight for justice

The scandal of the religious-run Magdalene laundries, where young women deemed to have offended the moral code of the Catholic Church were incarcerated and put to work, is a stain on the public history of the Irish state. It has taken years of campaigning to bring this injustice to light.

The Conversation · Nov 20, 2025

Small Things Like These: Magdalene laundries drama is a powerful rumination on compassion – and its limits

In 2021, Ireland’s then Taoiseach (prime minister), Enda Kenny, delivered a formal apology to the survivors of the Magdalene laundries. The laundries were religious institutions where unmarried mothers and other “fallen” women were forced into slave labour.

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2024

People abused in Northern Ireland institutions like Magdalene laundries urged by police to come forward

The police have issued a call for victims abused in Mother & Baby Homes, Magdalene laundries and other residential institutions to come and speak to them

Irish Mirror · May 16, 2022