4 min
The rationale behind the Mother and Baby homes scandal in Ireland RadioReason
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A recent RTE TV documentary highlighted the horrors inflicted on thousands of women and children in Ireland's 'Magdalene Laundries' (institutions run by orders of nuns for women who were deemed as "fallen" by society) for decades after the foundation of the 26-County state.
In this short podcast we ask why the state tolerated and indeed facilitated such cruel behaviour.
A recent RTE TV documentary highlighted the horrors inflicted on thousands of women and children in Ireland's 'Magdalene Laundries' (institutions run by orders of nuns for women who were deemed as "fallen" by society) for decades after the foundation of the 26-County state.
In this short podcast we ask why the state tolerated and indeed facilitated such cruel behaviour.
4 min