Plagues marking the sites of Magdalene Laundries, industrial schools and other institutions where many people were abused are set to be placed across the city.
Dublin City Council's Commemorations Committee yesterday agreed to a new civil process whereby any group can propose a plaque be placed at the site of a former institution. The motion was proposed by Independent Councillor Mannix Flynn, who is a survivor of an industrial school.
There are plans to build a national commemoration centre at the site of a Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott Street in the north inner city. However, Cllr Flynn doesn't believe this is the correct way to mark the abuse that went on in these institutions and previously called for the building to be demolished.
