Irish Left Archive

#OnThisDay, 24th November 1995, the referendum to remove the prohibition of divorce in Ireland was narrowly won with 50.28% of the vote.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/3888/

#IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #Referendum #Divorce

In March, we were joined by Mags O'Brien, who has been active in left campaigns and Trade Unionism since the 1980s. We discussed the divorce referendum campaigns of 1986 and 1995; her experience with the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza in 2011 - which was captured at sea and the crew held in an Israeli jail; her work as a tutor with the SIPTU College and combining her activism and trade unionism; and her edited volume, Left Lives in 20th Century Ireland Vol. 4 –- Women.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/podcast/37-mags-obrien-divorce-action-group-gaza-freedom-flotilla/

#Divorce #Palestine #TradeUnionism #Activism #IrishLeftArchive #Podcast