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New Milton is a market town in the south west corner of Hampshire, England. It has a long high street with mainly 20th century architecture. It has six schools and two colleges within or nearby. The northern part of its civil parish, Bashley is in the New Forest and the south touches the coast, Barton-on-Sea.

Magdalene laundries victims Mary Cavner compensation to receive

Feb 16,2020 5:30 am

denied A woman An Education and left malnourished after being forced to work at the age of 11, when her father, a battle won, died, the for the compensation.

Mary Cavner, 80, lives in Hampshire, but grew up in County Cork, was sent to work in one of Ireland's most notorious Catholic-run Magdalene laundries.

She Said her Six Years in the work of the house affected her, "your whole life".

she was initially told that it was for the remuneration, but will now receive a €76,000 (£69,500).

The Magdalene laundries, which were initially described institutions, which as "fallen women", saw 10,000 young women go through between 1922 and 1996.

The Women and girls worked behind locked doors, were not able to leave, after he was admitted as an attorney and received no wages.

In 2013, the then Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Enda Kenny ,

for decades, thousands of women to work in the Magdalene laundries

Mrs. Cavner, a mother of five, was first of all, compensation is denied, and the payout comes nearly 70 years after you laid for The First time, in The Good shepherd convent in Sunday's Well, Cork, in The Republic of Ireland were forced.

she was separated from her siblings, and although he arrived only 11, when there, she received no teaching of The Nuns and experienced, long-term hunger, while working in The Night , in search of babies, cleaning, work in the Laundry, and preparing meals for The Nuns .

"they held me there and worked me until I was almost 18," said Ms. Cavner, who now lives in New Milton .

"We were not allow to talk to, or in conjunction with anyone else. "

The Irish government said 770 former residents of the laundries have so far, More Than €29. 8m (£27. 32m) in compensation.

But Mrs Cavner said she was told by The Authorities , they would not receive compensation, because of the Laundry facilities worked, it was eligible for funding under the government's complaints procedure.

there followed A lengthy legal battle, and complained to the Irish Ombudsman, who went on to

"I had never mentioned what happened to me, my husband or my children, so it took all my courage to admit what I had been through And Then She Said called me a liar," Ms. Cavner.

"My experience in the Laundry left me for can't communicate properly with each other.

"I had some really low points, because they live in me again and not be accused of, to tell The Truth , I feel rejected me. "

What were the laundries, the Magdalene?

• was Originally Intended to be opened as the Magdalene Asylums The First in Ireland, in Dublin, in the year 1765

• as a short-term refuge for "fallen women", they were long-term institutions, and residents were required to work, primarily in laundries, to take on the site

• it is extended, unmarried mothers, women with learning difficulties and girls, had miss

• takes The Last Magdalene asylum in Ireland, in Waterford, 1996

closed, The Irish Department of justice and equality awarded to Mrs. Cavner, a lump sum of €50,000(£45,800), and a further €26,000 (£23,800), which is given to you in incremental payments in The Future .

the payment was received "bittersweet" and her fight was "never about The First compensation", but "keep those that remain for me to consider in the Laundry said".

A spokesman for the Irish Department of justice and equality, said the government "recognizes the sensitive nature of these cases," but could not comment on Mrs Cavner of the specific circumstances.



new milton, cork, compensation, children, child labour, republic of ireland

Source of news: bbc.com

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