Ahead of a vote this evening at Dublin City Council to either preserve the site of the last Magdalene Laundry or approve its sell it to an hotel chain.
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Ahead of a vote this evening at Dublin City Council to either preserve the site of the last Magdalene Laundry or approve its sell it to an hotel chain.
Sign here
More as we get it.
Previously: Save The Site
Sell it. Pay compensation. Erect a plaque.
Who wants our tourism to be one big monument to human suffering.
Agreed.
those are possibly the two worst options.
Why save it? I dont get this at all. Have a statue erected or something like this but get rid of this horrible place of torture.
Or perhaps build a museum dedicated to the memory of all the people who suffered in the Laundries, the Mother and Baby homes, the industrial schools and through child sexual abuse at the hands of the catholic church. Leave some room for the direct provision centers while you’re at it.
Is that the best site for a memorial, or what i understand it to be, one with the most attention?
I don’t know if it would be the “best” but the fact thats its in a central location in the countries capital city seems good enough for me.
who the fupp want’s to visit a place where single mother’s and their babies were abused/raped/tortured/murdered/sold.
Jeffrey even more reason this must be a museum to tell not just the laundries but the places like letterfrack Tuam
Places where unholy horrors were perpetrated
The state and church would love this to go away
Never forget what evil was played out and soon the last survivors will be dead
For justice for those who received nothing they must be remembered and honoured for what they endured
And those who played their roles in this evil must forever be identified and shamed for eternity
This is our concentration camps.
But the old Irish carpet has plenty of room, brush it right under.
*twitches curtain*
*scandalised whispers*
Totally correct
They were concentration camps
This must be kept and turned into a museum to forever tell the story of the Irish holocaust
These victims need a fitting memorial where Ireland at last comes to terms with its despicable past
It cannot be swept under the carpet
david, did you just pass a literacy course?
Well done!
I like your newest name
Do we really need another hotel? Turn it into a homeless hostel and let a place that was used to abuse people be used to help instead.
I see the Big Tree is now closed to allow redevelopment as a hotel.
Why cannot be a hotel dedicated the the women who suffered there, memorialising their names on rooms, areas, a hotel with decor that shows the truth.
Face it – survivor tourism is A a thing and B a way of keeping the memory of the suffering alive. To forget is to kill a second time. A small proportion of the check-in fee could also do to a suitable charity.
What we don’t want is another Citizen M type millennial mobile hell that could be anywhere. The location, the design, the history but be reflected in a strong, respectful way. God Forbid, a tourist might learn something from where they are staying and carry that message home.
Bricks and mortar. I welcome the hotel plan. I’ve seen some grim places in Europe with dark histories turned into eco-friendly and respectable pods for visiting tourists. Seen the old slave ports acknowledge their past and embrace their future. It’s all about rejuvenation, in many ways more than the urban kind.
People don’t want the hotel because of “big business” and the possibility of profits being made
Sell it. €14 million could build a lot of homes.