LorraineGrimes
@lorraine_grimes
Feminist, Activist, Researcher. Archiving Reproductive Health project, Maynooth Uni. PhD: Irish unmarried mothers & institutionalisation in UK. Views are my own
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30-06-2015 21:05:19
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“We should have no hand, act or part when it comes to complicity in genocide.” Sinn Féin’s Mairéad Farrell TD tells Claire Brock that Irish airspace being used as a route to carry munitions to Israel makes us complicit to what’s happening in Gaza. #TonightVMTV
Really proud to have contributed to this documentary on repatriation and forced adoption in Britain and Ireland. Thanks to Sarah Corker and Lottie Kilraine at ITV News.
2. My mum wanted an apology before she died. Experts LorraineGrimes Michael Lambert and Journalists Chris Page Sarah Corker continue to seek accountability. I can not allow her wishes to be silenced
4. Elements of my work and mums history are going into a specially case at National Museum of Ireland the docs are readable.. When will UK take steps to recognise this happened and apologise?
Throughout the 20th Century, unmarried mothers endured shame and institutionalisation. In Single Mothers in Twentieth-century Ireland and Britain, LorraineGrimes examines the journeys made by hundreds of pregnant Irish women to Britain. Out now: bit.ly/4lAg9cf
I am working with National Museum of Ireland to tell and preserve my family history and my art A very proud moment My installation ‘Faoin mBláthbhaisteach’ (Under the Blossom Rain) will be viewable from Oct 15th in the new ‘Changing Ireland’ public gallery