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It's 16 years since the closure of the last Magdalene laundry in Ireland.
The laundries were violent workhouses where young women and girls were forced to work for nothing - unable to leave.
They were run by Roman Catholic Nuns.
Photo: Ellen Murphy today
By BBC World Service4.3
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It's 16 years since the closure of the last Magdalene laundry in Ireland.
The laundries were violent workhouses where young women and girls were forced to work for nothing - unable to leave.
They were run by Roman Catholic Nuns.
Photo: Ellen Murphy today

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