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Meet Marin
Marin O’Moore (left with her daughter) outside Leinster House within the last hour. Marin is among a number of symphysiotomy survivors attending a dail debate today on the matter. A symphysiotomy is a...
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“The Last Thing I Remember Was My Feet Being Pulled Up Into The Stirrups”
Symphysiotomy is an 18th-century childbirth operation that unhinges the pelvis by severing the pubic bones. The surgery was revived in Ireland in the mid-1940s for apparently religious reasons and...
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Mairin’s Petition
Mairin O’Moore (above) delivering a petition calling for justice for the survivors of the medical procedure Symphysiotomy at Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin, this afternoon. You may recall...
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Profile In Courage
Rita McCann, a survivor of the medical procedure Symphysiotomy at a press conference in Dublin this morning calling fora temporary lifting of the time limit a person can seek redress from the state....
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Justice For Rita
RTÉ is reporting that the Government is expected to accept a bill which will lift a statute of limitations for women affected by symphysiotomy and wish to seek redress. Last week, survivor Rita...
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A Just Solution
(Symphysiotomy survivor Rita McCann during a press conference in April) Govt have appointed Judge Yvonne Murphy to advise on a just solution for women who underwent symphysiotomy – Reilly —...
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Meanwhile, In Geneva
Marie O’Connor from Survivors of Symphysiotomy “I raise a very serious breach of human rights not on the list of issues. Ireland’s continuing refusal to admit that the practice of symphysiotomy from...
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Nightmares
Nigel Rodley, UN Human Rights Committee chairman and, right, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald in Geneva this morning Nigel Rodley, UN Human Rights Committee chair says the issue of symphysiotomy...
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What The Man From The UN Said
Sir Nigel Rodley Over the last two days the UN Human Rights Committee in open hearings in Geneva, Switzerland has been examining Ireland’s human rights record. The committee’s chairman Sir Nigel...
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What Ties Them Together
Last night’s Tonight with Vincent Browne was hosted by Tom McGurk and its panel included Labour Party TD, Michael McNamara; United Left Alliance TD, Clare Daly; Deirdre Duffy, of the Irish Council...
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They Waited Until Reena Was On A Ventilator
From top: Members of the Survivors of Symphysiotomy outside the Dáil in 2012 (with Sinn Féin’s Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Gerry Adams) and (above) Sunday Times journalist, Justine McCarthy,...
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Meanwhile, Outside Government Buildings
Symphysiotomy survivors hold a protest over the State’s proposed redress scheme. On RTÉ One’s Morning Ireland this morning, chair of Survivors of Symphysiotomy, Marie O’Connor, said: “First of all...
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‘This Is Not What Proper Redress Looks Like’
Symphysiotomy survivors and supporters outside the Department of An Taoiseach last September (top) and Kent Law School lecturer Mairéad Enright (above) Law lecturer Mairéad Enright has written about...
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‘Many Women Had This Operation Wide Awake’
Marie O’Connor, chair of the Survivors of Symphysiotomy, with members of her group and supporters outside the Department of the Taoiseach in September It is astonishing the deafening silence from...
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“All The Evidence Points To A Systemic Cover-Up”
Members and supporters of the group Survivors of Symphysiotomy at an EGM in September 2014 with Rita Doyle, in the front row dressed in purple Marie O’Connor, Chairperson of Survivors of...
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‘They Wanted A Receipt For Incontinence Pads Bought In The 1950s’
Marie O’Connor, chair of the Survivors of Symphysiotomy, with members of her group and supporters outside the Department of the Taoiseach in September 2014 Paul Cullen, in the Irish Times, is...
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The Pain Endures
Symphysiotomy survivors and chair of the Survivors of Symphyisiotomy Marie O’Connor outside the Department of An Taoiseach last year RTE reports: “A 74-year-old woman who suffered life-long pain...
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‘Prove It, Prove It, Prove It’
Marie O’Connor, of Survivors of Symphysiotomy Marie O’Connor, chairperson of the group Survivors of Symphysiotomy, spoke with Chris O’Donoghue on Newstalk Breakfast this morning about the group’s...
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‘The Least Adversarial System That Could Be Established’
Members of Survivors Of Symphysiotomy outside the Department of the Taoiseach last year and Health Minister Leo Varadkar “Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has refused to intervene in the Government...
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‘A Brute, Uncaring Force Hardwired Into The DNA Of This State’
From top: A Magdalene Laundry in the 1950s; Nuala Ní Mhuircheartaigh (Department of Foreign Affairs), adviser to Martin McAleese in his role investigating State involvement with the Magdalene...
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