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Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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Lecturer @IrishCentreHR | Author, Human Rights and the Care of Older People (OUP 2024) | Barrister @33BedfordRow | Also @maglaundries @clann_project 🎻
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Dec 17, 2021
    Could not be prouder of the 8 survivors who stood up for their rights and against a Commission of Investigation process and Report that ignored them and flatly denied the awful truths of the #MotherAndBabyHomes and forced family separation system. This means change.
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    Clann Project
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    Dec 17, 2021
    Irish High Court declares that Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation treated survivors unlawfully Survivors and Clann Project call on Government to amend Redress Scheme to recognise all human rights violations clannproject.org/wp-content/upl…
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Jan 10, 2024
    Ireland must join South Africa’s case before the ICJ and place sanctions on Israel. We are a state in our own right with obligations to protect humanity.
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    Jan 9, 2024
    "We need to create a proper Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, because if we are not there, there will be 2 million Nazis who want to eliminate us...." Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich describes the population of Gaza as Nazis.
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Oct 28, 2020
    No, you’re crying! #Stand4Truth #UnsealTheArchives
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    May 7, 2020
    Good luck @TodaySOR - and TEAM - on your penultimate show...! 😢 (Photo credit: RTE archives)
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Feb 1, 2021
    Woke up still in shock that #MotherandBabyHomes Commission has destroyed vast bulk of witness evidence it received - 550 tapes of survivor testimony deleted without making transcripts. @rodericogorman @MichealMartinTD @DPCIreland What do you intend to do? irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2004/act/2…
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Aug 22, 2018
    Thread: In 2014, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child examined the Holy See's human rights record. Regarding #Ireland it noted patterns of 'torture and other cruel or degrading treatment' and 'sale of children, trafficking & abduction' #papalvisit tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treat…
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Jan 15, 2021
    I keep thinking about the fact that the #motherandbabyhomes Commission spent exactly half of its allocated budget (€11.5m out of €23m). p15 assets.gov.ie/118595/5d87dd0… No money spent on giving people their records, holding public hearings or printing the full report for survivors.
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Jan 13, 2021
    I just signed this petition, will you join me? #BirthCerts4AdopteesNOW #Stand4Truth #motherandbabyhomes my.uplift.ie/petitions/birt… via @UpliftIRL
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    Birth certs for Adoptees NOW
    The long-awaited publication of the report of the Commission of Enquiry into Mother & Baby Homes has caused great distress to adopted people and survivors of Mother & Baby Homes for its failure to...
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Sep 6, 2021
    Gorgeous day to be back to college — with added bonus of lunch with Adjunct Prof O’Rourke!
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    May 11, 2021
    Such a privilege to receive the students’ choice for @nuigalway President’s Award for Teaching Excellence today. Delighted that the ‘simplicity’ of my teaching shows ‘how knowledgeable she is and how comfortable she is with sharing that knowledge with others’. That’s the aim! 😍
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Oct 12, 2020
    Secrecy: Irish officialdom’s automatic reaction to our history of church/state abuse. The Government is about to seal the archive of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation for the next 30 years. You can help stop this & #Stand4Truth: clannproject.org/commission-arc…
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Oct 21, 2020
    Point by point response to the Government’s arguments on the Mother and Baby Homes Commission archive (which the Govt keeps saying it will seal for the next 30 years when it receives it):
    Dr Maeve O'Rourke: Here's a full analysis of the problems with the Government's Mother and Baby...
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Feb 7, 2024
    Trinity College Head of Medicine: “I can no longer stay silent about the catastrophe in Gaza”
    College Head of Medicine: “I can no longer stay silent about the catastrophe in Gaza” – Trinity News
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    Dr Maeve O'Rourke
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    Mar 4, 2021
    I'm very glad and privileged to have been invited to work with those affected by Mother and Baby & Magdalene Laundry institutions in Northern Ireland, including people now living abroad, to design the framework for an independent investigation/inquiry. Please share this info 👇
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    Department of Health
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    Mar 4, 2021
    Team of experts who will work with victims and survivors of Mother and Baby and Magdalene Laundry Institutions to establish the terms of reference for independent investigation announced. Anyone with a connection with the institutions can get involved ➡️ health-ni.gov.uk/news/mother-an…
    Mother and Baby and Magdalene Laundry Institutions – Truth Recovery Design team announced