{"id":778,"date":"2019-06-20T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T10:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:00:31","slug":"councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Councillor Gary Gannon secures agreement on Magdalene Laundry site of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #666666; cursor: text; font-family: open sans,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Social Democrats&#8217; Councillor Gary Gannon and his Social Democrats colleagues on Dublin City Council have secured agreement on the development of a multipurpose site of conscience at the location of the former Magdalene Laundry on Se\u00e1n McDermott Street.<\/span><i><\/i><u><\/u><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"et-pullquote\">\n<p>\u201cThis opportunity allows us to repurpose this building into a physical space where future generations can touch the walls and know that what occurred in these institutions were not exaggerated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Social Democrats&#8217; Councillor Gary Gannon and his Social Democrats colleagues on Dublin City Council have secured agreement on the development of a multipurpose site of conscience at the location of the former Magdalene Laundry on Se\u00e1n McDermott Street.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Gannon said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring my last term as a City Councillor, Dublin City Council stopped the sale of the last surviving Magdalene Laundry in State ownership on Se\u00e1n McDermott St.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am immensely proud to say that as part of the Dublin Agreement, which will be Council policy for the next five years, we have secured an agreement on the development of a multipurpose site of conscience at the location of the former Magdalene Laundry on Se\u00e1n McDermott Street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Gannon continued:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork has already begun in listening to the views of survivors, their families and women\u2019s groups to develop plans for the site that recognise the social, cultural and personal history that it symbolises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis opportunity allows us to repurpose this building into a physical space where future generations can touch the walls and know that what occurred in these institutions were not exaggerated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe appalling case of Majella Moynihan this week has again brought to the fore Ireland\u2019s shameful past, and how we are still failing to deal with it in the present. The campaign to preserve Se\u00e1n McDermott as a site of conscience is being led by the survivors of the cruellest parts of our history and supported by a generation of people who are dedicated to never repeating, nor forgetting the injustices of our own past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>20th June 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats&#8217; Councillor Gary Gannon and his Social Democrats colleagues on Dublin City Council have secured agreement on the development of a multipurpose site of conscience at the location of the former Magdalene Laundry on Se\u00e1n McDermott Street. \u201cThis opportunity allows us to repurpose this building into a physical space where future generations can touch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gary-gannon","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Councillor Gary Gannon secures agreement on Magdalene Laundry site of conscience - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Councillor Gary Gannon secures agreement on Magdalene Laundry site of conscience - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Social Democrats&#8217; Councillor Gary Gannon and his Social Democrats colleagues on Dublin City Council have secured agreement on the development of a multipurpose site of conscience at the location of the former Magdalene Laundry on Se\u00e1n McDermott Street. \u201cThis opportunity allows us to repurpose this building into a physical space where future generations can touch [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-20T10:17:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-26T11:00:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GaryGannon_2019_Euros.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1190\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ZOO Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SocDems\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SocDems\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ZOO Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ZOO Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960\"},\"headline\":\"Councillor Gary Gannon secures agreement on Magdalene Laundry site of conscience\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-20T10:17:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-26T11:00:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":347,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/GaryGannon_2019_Euros.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Gary Gannon\",\"Press Release\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/\",\"name\":\"Councillor Gary Gannon secures agreement on Magdalene Laundry site of conscience - Social Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/GaryGannon_2019_Euros.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-20T10:17:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-26T11:00:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/GaryGannon_2019_Euros.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/GaryGannon_2019_Euros.jpeg\",\"width\":1190,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Councillor Gary Gannon secures agreement on Magdalene Laundry site of conscience\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\",\"name\":\"Social Democrats\",\"description\":\"Change Ireland for the better\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Social Democrats\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/SocDems-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/SocDems-logo.png\",\"width\":846,\"height\":358,\"caption\":\"The Social Democrats\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/socialdemocratsireland\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/SocDems\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960\",\"name\":\"ZOO Admin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/ga\\\/author\\\/zoo-admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Councillor Gary Gannon secures agreement on Magdalene Laundry site of conscience - Social Democrats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/","og_locale":"ga_IE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Councillor Gary Gannon secures agreement on Magdalene Laundry site of conscience - Social Democrats","og_description":"Social Democrats&#8217; Councillor Gary Gannon and his Social Democrats colleagues on Dublin City Council have secured agreement on the development of a multipurpose site of conscience at the location of the former Magdalene Laundry on Se\u00e1n McDermott Street. \u201cThis opportunity allows us to repurpose this building into a physical space where future generations can touch [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/","og_site_name":"Social Democrats","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland","article_published_time":"2019-06-20T10:17:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-26T11:00:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1190,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GaryGannon_2019_Euros.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ZOO Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SocDems","twitter_site":"@SocDems","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ZOO Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/"},"author":{"name":"ZOO Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960"},"headline":"Councillor Gary Gannon secures agreement on Magdalene Laundry site of conscience","datePublished":"2019-06-20T10:17:51+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-26T11:00:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/"},"wordCount":347,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GaryGannon_2019_Euros.jpeg","articleSection":["Gary Gannon","Press Release"],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/","name":"Councillor Gary Gannon secures agreement on Magdalene Laundry site of conscience - Social Democrats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GaryGannon_2019_Euros.jpeg","datePublished":"2019-06-20T10:17:51+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-26T11:00:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ga-IE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GaryGannon_2019_Euros.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GaryGannon_2019_Euros.jpeg","width":1190,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/councillor-gary-gannon-secures-agreement-magdalene-laundry-site-of-conscience\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Councillor Gary Gannon secures agreement on Magdalene Laundry site of conscience"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/","name":"Social Democrats","description":"Change Ireland for the better","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization","name":"The Social Democrats","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png","width":846,"height":358,"caption":"The Social Democrats"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland","https:\/\/x.com\/SocDems"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960","name":"ZOO Admin","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/author\/zoo-admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}