Join me next Thursday 18th February 2021 at 6:30pm (Irish time) for our fourth lecture, which will look at the frequent convergence of Irish and Jewish
A woman described as a lesbian asylum seeker from Zimbabwe who arrived into Ireland and had her application rejected in 2019 has lost her “appeal to remain” in Ireland, reports gcn.ie
The International Protection Office (IPO) said they did not believe the woman’s claim that she was being forced into marriage twice as a child at age 9 and 13 and that her family had threatened her due to her lesbian sexuality. The woman had then brought judicial review proceedings to overturn the IPO decision, but it was turned over last month by Justice Tara Burns.
Activist Bulelani Mfaco spokesperson for MASI – Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland took to social media “The Department of Justice assumes to have the authority to validate an asylum seeker’s sexual orientation. Nowhere in Irish law or practice would the State treat its LGBTQ+ citizens like LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.”
Webinar: Women in Science and Medicine - Saint Brigid’s Day 2021
Event 04 February 2021
On 2 February 2021, the Embassy of Ireland to Belgium hosted a special St Brigid’s Day Webinar celebrating Irish and Belgian #VisibleWomen in science and medicine.
Dr Antonia Hart led an open and engaging panel discussion on Irish and Belgian women in science, medicine and leadership, both past and present, with particular focus on hidden narratives and lesser-known figures. The esteemed panel shared their personal experiences as women in varying fields of science and their thoughts on inclusion, accessibility and participation in the sciences.
The webinar was book-ended by performances of poetry by Jessica Traynor and original music commissioned for the event by singer-songwriter Katie Maye.
There has been an outbreak of COVID-19 at a direct provision centre in Killarney.
Radio Kerry understands that a number of residents are isolating following the outbreak, while there are reports that as many as 24 residents have been transferred to offsite isolation units.
Atlas House Killarney on the Deerpark Road has capacity for up to 90 residents, although it’s not known how many asylum seekers were in the centre at the time of this outbreak.
MASI, the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, said 24 residents in the Killarney centre have contracted the disease and have been transferred offsite.
A number of residents in Killarney had previously been in the now closed Skellig Star direct provision centre in Caherciveen.