The grim reality of our gulags

Non-fiction: Whispering Hope, The True Story of the Magdalene Women. By Nancy Costello, Kathleen Legg, Diane,. Croghan, Marie Slattery and Marina Gambold .with Steven O’Riordan and Sue Leonard. Orion Books, €18.90. Reviewed by Andrew Lynch

Women in a Magdalene laundry

Marina Gambold still cries when she remembers the morning she broke a cup at the Magdalene laundry in New Ross. As a punishment, she was forced to wear the broken china ...