Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland, 1922-1990. For the Inter Departmental Working Group on Mother and Baby Homes, Magdalene Laundries and Historical Clerical Child Abuse

Initial research conducted to inform the Executive about the operation of the Homes and Laundries in Northern Ireland concluded that limited evidence was available about the operation of these institutions across the region.

Following a public procurement exercise, the Department of Health commissioned research from Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University into the operation of Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries across Northern Ireland from 1922 to 1999.