This is being shares ahead of the pope's visit to Ireland, had me in tears m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…
His name is Michael O'Brien, he went to St Joseph’s Industrial School in Clonmel. irishtimes.com/news/ex-mayor-…
Well done and thank you
Subtitled version and full clip available here via @kingkane
Children growing up nearby knew bad things happened in his school; they were threatened to be sent there if they were bold
How many families riven by trauma?
Since this went viral Michael O'Brien has been interviewed by the BBC, RTE and Newstalk. The outpouring of good wishes has also been passed on to him.
O'Brien spoke of how he was raped repeatedly from the age of eight in this interview today.
He called for the Irish state's cost of the pope's visit of €10-€20 million to be spent housing homeless families instead newstalk.com/podcasts/Moncr…
He called for the Irish state's cost of the pope's visit of €10-€20 million to be spent housing homeless families instead newstalk.com/podcasts/Moncr…
Good thread on the fundings of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the complicity of the Irish state by a human rights lawyer
