Kenny offers emotional apology to Magdalene women - The Irish Times - Wed, Feb 20, 2013: "Taoiseach Enda Kenny apologised “unreservedly” yesterday to those who spent time in the Magdalene laundries and said the Government would establish a fund to assist the women within three months.
Mr Kenny’s voice choked with emotion as he concluded his address to the Dáil when former senator Martin McAleese’s report on the institutions was discussed in a rare non-partisan atmosphere.
“I, as Taoiseach, on behalf of the State, the Government and our citizens, deeply regret and apologise unreservedly to all those women for the hurt that was done to them, and for any stigma they suffered, as a result of the time they spent in a Magdalene laundry.”"
Cameron Stops Short of Apology Over Amritsar Massacre - Bloomberg: "Prime Minister David Cameron will stop short of making an apology for the 1919 killing by the British army of hundreds of unarmed civilians in Amritsar, a massacre that galvanized India’s independence movement.
Cameron will today visit the Golden Temple in the north Indian city, the spiritual home to the world’s 20 million Sikhs, ending a three-day visit to the South Asian nation, his office said. It’s the first time a serving U.K. premier has visited the site of the massacre, Jallianwala Bagh.
“There are ties of history -- both the good and the bad,” Cameron said in New Delhi yesterday. “In Amritsar, I want to take the opportunity to pay my respects at Jallianwala Bagh. This visit to Punjab is what my visit to India is all about -- strengthening and deepening the ties between our two countries.”"
Mr Kenny’s voice choked with emotion as he concluded his address to the Dáil when former senator Martin McAleese’s report on the institutions was discussed in a rare non-partisan atmosphere.
“I, as Taoiseach, on behalf of the State, the Government and our citizens, deeply regret and apologise unreservedly to all those women for the hurt that was done to them, and for any stigma they suffered, as a result of the time they spent in a Magdalene laundry.”"
Cameron Stops Short of Apology Over Amritsar Massacre - Bloomberg: "Prime Minister David Cameron will stop short of making an apology for the 1919 killing by the British army of hundreds of unarmed civilians in Amritsar, a massacre that galvanized India’s independence movement.
Cameron will today visit the Golden Temple in the north Indian city, the spiritual home to the world’s 20 million Sikhs, ending a three-day visit to the South Asian nation, his office said. It’s the first time a serving U.K. premier has visited the site of the massacre, Jallianwala Bagh.
“There are ties of history -- both the good and the bad,” Cameron said in New Delhi yesterday. “In Amritsar, I want to take the opportunity to pay my respects at Jallianwala Bagh. This visit to Punjab is what my visit to India is all about -- strengthening and deepening the ties between our two countries.”"
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