Katherine O'Donnell

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Ireland Said Yes

Onic Originals

25 episodes

1 week ago

Comedian Shane Daniel Byrne celebrates 10 years of marriage equality. Shane will take you on an emotional journey exploring the decades-long fight for same-sex marriage. From the deeply personal stories of LGBTQ+ activism and resistance, he explores the cultural shifts that eventually made the historic 2015 referendum possible. Shane interviews the key players and unsung heroes of the Yes campaign, including drag royalty Panti Bliss, former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, journalist Una Mullaly, artists Pillows Queen and Joe Caslin, alongisde TV presenter Brendan Courtney among many others. The series includes Shane’s personal reflections and live standup from his sell-out run at Vicar Street in Dublin, as he revisits a time that reshaped his life and transformed Ireland completely.

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History

Society & Culture,

Documentary

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Katherine O'Donnell

Ireland Said Yes

43 minutes 7 seconds

3 weeks ago

Katherine O'Donnell

Paul Macgregor (Series Producer) chats to academic, activist and author Katherine O'Donnell about her memories of 2015, before and beyond. Katherine is Professor of the History of Ideas at UCD School of Philosophy. She has been an activist for many years, specialising in feminist justice issues and LGBTQ+ activism. She was a co-founding member of the Irish Lesbian and Gay Archive, now deposited as a living archive with the National Library of Ireland. She works with the Justice for Magdalenes Research group, who were instrumental in having the State issue an apology to the victims and survivors of the Magdalene Institutions, and in successfully lobbying for the Magdalene Redress Scheme. In 2023, she published her first novel Slant, which was shortlisted for the 2024 Kate O’Brien Award.

Photograph of Katherine O'Donnell courtesy of Emma Jervis.

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Ireland Said Yes is an Onic Original.

Written and Presented by Shane Daniel Byrne.

Developed and Produced by Paul Macgregor, Series Producer.

Audio design, mixing, and sound editing - Fionn O'Brien and Paul Macgregor.

Visual design - Stephen King O'Farrell and Conor Daly.

News archive, courtesy of RTE, Virgin Media, BBC, Channel 4 News, CNN, Euronews, Getty Images and Associated Press. Archive images and video courtesy of Getty Images.

Music and sound effects courtesy of Audio Network and Epidemic Sound.

Legal Counsel - Hugh Hannigan and Claire Telford.

Executive Producer - Sasha Hamrogue.

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