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Near a former Magdalene laundry in Galway, Ireland, a memorial with a sculpture by Mike Wilkins and a plaque with a poem by Patricia Burke Brogan honors the women who were held such institutions. (Flickr/William Murphy)

Book details long battle to get justice for Ireland's Magdalene survivors

Book review: The trauma inflicted by the Magdalene laundries lasts to this day. And thanks to the monumentally unwise historical marriage between the Catholic Church and the Irish state, secrecy and denial still prevail.

René Ostberg

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