The figures, compiled by Justice For Magdalenes Research (JFMR), are
included in a scathing dissection of the McAleese report being prepared
by the group — a draft section of which has been seen by the Irish
Examiner.
In the lengthy critique of the report’s chapter on deaths, the group states it has so far identified a total of 1,663 who died in Magdalene laundries — almost twice the figure of 879 cited in the McAleese Report.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/over-1600-women-died-in-magdalene-laundries-mdash-over-double-figure-cited-by-mcaleese-report-306470.html
In the lengthy critique of the report’s chapter on deaths, the group states it has so far identified a total of 1,663 who died in Magdalene laundries — almost twice the figure of 879 cited in the McAleese Report.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/over-1600-women-died-in-magdalene-laundries-mdash-over-double-figure-cited-by-mcaleese-report-306470.html