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Sunday 20 September 2020
The laundry on Sean McDermott Street was the last to close in the State in 1996.
Social Democrat councillor Gary Gannon says he does.
Councillor Gary Gannon said the site can now become a place of “remembrance and learning”.
Objections have been raised to the proposed sale of the site to a Japanese hotel chain.
A vote on whether to sell the Sean McDermott Street Magdalene Laundry to a Japanese hotel chain has been adjourned.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald argues work should begin on a memorial on the site of the Sean McDermott St Laundry.
A consultation process with 150 Magdalene survivors is to take place on the 5 and 6 June.
Social Democrat councillor Gary Gannon said that it wasn’t good enough that the site would be used for another “soulless hotel”.
If we are truly committed to remembering those darkest parts of our history, then we should preserve the Sean McDermott Street building as a living monument, writes Gary Gannon.
The site on Sean McDermott Street is expected to be sold to a Japanese hotel chain.
Plans for the site include a hotel, a student residence, a cultural amenity and ten residential units.
A 24-year-old man was taken to hospital.
A group of survivors and their families gathered at the back of a Dublin Magdalene laundry today to share their stories.
The father-of-five was gunned down in his home on the night of 8 February.
Growers are going to have a busy few weeks – with 550,000 trees due to be harvested.
There are calls for a monument or museum to be built on the site to remember the women forced to stay in the institution in Dublin’s inner city.
One woman tells the story of her mother who was sent to a Laundry in Dublin at the age of 16 – and died there at the age of 51.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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