On this episode of Are You Two In Love Or? Lucy and Eva are joined by ex-chair of the Young Greens Tara Gilsenan and makeup artist and UCC student Jessica Daly. Listen to the panel discuss the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Order 2015, the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 , Direct Provision and the general history of Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries/Asylums.
\nAbout our guests
\nTara Gilsenan is the ex-chairperson of the Young Greens. She recently resigned as chairperson and left the Green Party over the actions of the Party in government and their unwillingness to listen to their youth branch.
\nJessica Daly is a makeup artist from Cork who has studied Politics and History and is currently doing her masters degree in UCC. For her dissertation she studied Mother and Baby homes and government involvement. You can follow her instagram here, www.instagram.com/jdmua__
\nUseful Sources
\nCatherine Corless discusses the Tuam babies on the Late Late Show
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTqIhIf5KQE
\nMagdalene Oral History Project
\nhttps://repository.dri.ie/catalog/dn39x152w
\nJustice for Magdalene's Research Project
\n\nNew York Times article from 2017 on mass graves being discovered
\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/world/europe/ireland-tuam-mother-and-baby-home.html
\nNew York Times article with interviews from 2017
\n\nNew York Times Short Documentary on Tuam
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoulaehrD_I
\nPetition to remove Ruhama from Direct Provision
\n\nIrish Times Article on Ruhama
\nhttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/laundry-orders-run-sex-workers-aid-group-1.606313
\nUniversity Times Article on Ruhama
\nhttp://www.universitytimes.ie/2016/04/the-churchs-lingering-shadows-on-sex-work-in-ireland
\nWe wanted to keep in mind the new level 5 lockdown restrictions across Ireland. Linked below are several helplines.
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