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16 Oct 2020, 1:54pm
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Water meters and Magdalene apology: Six stand-out moments from Reeling in the Years 2013
From horse meat being found in our food to a formal apology being delivered to the survivors of Magdalene Laundries, the 2013 episode of Reeling in the Years was eventful
Enda Kenny apologising to Magdalene laundry victims from the Dail
Mon, 03 May, 2021 - 06:00
Denise O’Donoghue
1. An apology to Magdalene Laundry survivors in the Dáil
On behalf of the state, then Taoiseach Enda Kenny formally apologised for its role in the Magdalene laundries, in which thousands of women and girls did unpaid manual labour in laundries run by Catholic nuns between 1922 and 1996.
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Remembering the great Kilkenny Hug Fest of 2012!
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A flashback to the 2012 Hug Fest with then-Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan with Aoibhín Murphy, Rosemary Collier and John McGuinness TD Picture: Pat Moore );
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The inscription on the greeting cards reads: ‘The average person needs 300 hugs each month to remain healthy, happy and secure’ and inside, in my friend’s handwriting: ‘Good luck with
that, Gerry. Stay safe.’
Good luck indeed. 300 hugs a month! Not a hope in hell. Three hugs a month in this climate and one is doing well.
And then I remembered giving, and getting, almost 30 hugs in the space of one hour, all of nine years ago.