Redress

Katherine O'Donnell isassociate professor of theHistory of Ideas, UCD Schoolof Philosophy. The three co-editors recently co-authored Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries: A Campaign for Justice (Bloomsbury/I.B. Taurus, 2021).Maeve O'Rourke is assistantprofessor of human rightsat the Irish Centre forHuman Rights, School ofLaw, NUI Galway and abarrister (England & Wales)and Attorney at Law (NewYork). The three co-editors recently co-authored Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries: A Campaign for Justice (Bloomsbury/I.B. Taurus, 2021).James M. Smith is an associate professor in the English department and Irish Studies Program at Boston College. He is author of Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment (Notre Dame UP, 2007).

'This truly outstanding academic endeavour convincingly argues for its timeliness. It illustrates continuity of institutional abuse in Ireland, as the state and religious congregations resist accepting responsibility for their roles.' - Review of Irish Studies in Europe 6.1; 'Most chapters are academic in character, but the reader will also find poetry, photography, creative writing, songs, journalism and survivors' testimonies in this profoundly interdisciplinary volume.' - Historical Dialogues, Justice, And Memory Network, April 2023.; 'The collection snaps our mind's eye from the past and handwringing over what we did or did not know, could or should have done differently. These problems confront us with just as much urgency today.' - Critical Social Policy, March 2023.; 'The contributors to this volume offer a different perspective, one that draws on the pain and truth-telling of survivors themselves.' - James M Smith, The Irish Times, June 2022.; 'My mother was given a half hour's notice to get me ready to have me taken from her.' - The Journal, June 2022.; 'Redress should be read by anyone who cares about the vulnerable, & those who can influence how they are treated today.' - Tina Neylon, The Irish Examiner, October 2022.; 'It is a brave, creative, radical and unflinching collection' - Lindsey Earner-Byrne, The Sunday Independent, August 2022.; 'This is a compelling collection of essays, testimonies, analysis & interrogation. From the loss & denial of identity of the survivor, to the empty rhetorical gestures of state & church, to the closure of access to truth' - Christopher Stanley, The Village, August 2022.; 'It is a brave, creative, radical and unflinching collection, rooted in the concept of transitional justice' - ACIS, August 2022.; 'There isn't a book long enough to contain the stories of the suffering endured by all mothers and their children over the last century, but this one at least puts their experiences to the fore.' - Clodagh Finn, Irish Examiner, June 2022.; 'An Ongoing Injustice: State Responses to "Historical" Abuses in Ireland' - Maeve O'Rourke, The Irish Story, July 2022.; 'Lawyer calls for full baby homes inquiry instead of insincere remorse for survivors' - Nicola Byrne, Irish Mail on Sunday, June 2022.; 'The collection snaps our mind's eye from the past and handwringing over what we did or did not know, could or should have done differently. These problems confront us with just as much urgency today. So, what is it we are going to do now? - Louise Brangan, Critical Social Policy, March 2023.; ‘Redress, a volume edited by Katherine O’Donnell, Maeve O’Rourke and James M. Smith, brings together survivors, academics, and activists (and those who fit into multiple categories), demonstrating the varied types of expertise and knowledge, all of which are vital in uncovering the histories of institutionalisation and their myriad effects.’ - Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, 2024.