O’Keeffe under pressure to withdraw statement [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 16 December 2009
MINISTER for Education Batt O’Keeffe was under pressure last night to admit that the state was involved in sending women to Magdalene Laundries after Department of Justice officials admitted to former Magdalene women that they and the Irish judiciary system sent women to the laundries.
Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) say this information contradicts the Mr O’Keeffe’s controversial statement last September that the state “did not refer individuals nor was it complicit in referring individuals to Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries”. Responding last night, Mr O’Keeffe said this “information wasn’t available” when he issued his letter.
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