#Campaigner

# campaigner - Thursday 25 March, 2021

# Bethany Home

Campaigner Derek Leinster says Protestant survivors and those living abroad 'not a priority' for redress

Mar 25th 2021, 6:05 AM 21,967 Views 3 Comments

Leinster, who was born in Bethany Home in Dublin in 1941, has campaigned for redress for over 20 years.

# campaigner - Friday 4 May, 2018

# Contempt Of Court

Anti-eviction campaigner given one month suspended sentence over social media video

May 4th 2018, 7:03 AM 24,360 Views 59 Comments

Gilroy admitted making the remarks on a video clip posted on social media.

# campaigner - Saturday 9 September, 2017

# Moving On From Homelessness

'Once a fire is lit it's very hard to extinguish': Erica Fleming on fighting for other homeless families

Sep 9th 2017, 10:30 AM 19,685 Views 56 Comments

Erica and her daughter spent 22 months homeless in Dublin.

# campaigner - Monday 24 April, 2017

# Disability Rights

Tributes paid to 'fearless and brilliant campaigner' Donal Toolan

Apr 24th 2017, 5:54 PM 25,234 Views 10 Comments

President Michael D Higgins said Toolan was “a deeply committed advocate for legislation on disability rights”.

# campaigner - Monday 26 December, 2016

# Campaigner

'Being gay was portrayed as a scandal and shame': George Michael's journey to LGBT activist

Dec 26th 2016, 8:15 PM 12,091 Views 100 Comments

He was outed by the press in 1998, and went on to become a major supporter of HIV campaigns

# campaigner - Friday 14 October, 2016

# Martin Naughton

President leads tributes following death of 'inspirational' disability rights campaigner

Oct 14th 2016, 9:55 AM 10,462 Views 8 Comments

Martin Naughton has died at the age of 62.

# campaigner - Monday 7 April, 2014

# Institutional Abuse

Documentary about Christine Buckley 'Dear Daughter' to be aired tonight

Apr 7th 2014, 5:32 PM 14,787 Views 11 Comments

The programme will be shown on RTÉ.

# campaigner - Tuesday 21 January, 2014

# Margaretta D’Arcy

President defends Sabina prison visit as “private and personal”

Jan 21st 2014, 1:11 PM 14,158 Views 72 Comments

“Sabina is a person who can speak for herself and is a person of very good judgement.”

# campaigner - Wednesday 15 January, 2014

# RIP

Mother of murdered journalist Veronica Guerin passes away

Jan 15th 2014, 5:17 PM 16,468 Views 18 Comments

Bernie Guerin had campaigned for assets seized in the wake of her daughter’s murder to be put into communities destroyed by drugs.

# campaigner - Friday 27 September, 2013

# Protest

Loyalist protester Willie Frazer turns up at court dressed as Abu Hamza

Sep 27th 2013, 2:45 PM 16,029 Views 0 Comments

The vocal loyalist campaigner was to be charged at a Belfast court over his involvement in protests about the flying of the Union flag in Northern Ireland.

# campaigner - Monday 29 July, 2013

# Twitter

Man arrested after abusive tweets sent to UK bank note campaigner

Jul 29th 2013, 8:33 AM 11,643 Views 44 Comments

Police said a 21-year-old man had been arrested “on suspicion of harassment offences”.

# campaigner - Saturday 8 June, 2013

# Addiction

Drug users need our compassion, says Elton John

Jun 8th 2013, 5:00 PM 5,172 Views 26 Comments

Pop star says stigma and criminalisation increases chance that users get caught in lifetime cycle of addiction and disease.

# campaigner - Friday 24 May, 2013

'An honour to represent Munster and Paul O'Connell at Donal Walsh funeral'

# Fitting Tribute

From The42

# Fitting Tribute

'An honour to represent Munster and Paul O'Connell at Donal Walsh funeral'

May 24th 2013, 3:03 PM 19,656 Views 13 Comments

Retired Munster and Ireland forward Marcus Horan paid tribute to Donal Walsh, who recently lost his battle with cancer.

# campaigner - Friday 21 December, 2012

# Archive

National Library releases documents from Roger Casement's incarceration

Dec 21st 2012, 7:45 AM 5,632 Views 20 Comments

Materials include portraits, documents relating to the degradation of his knighthood and touching letters to his family in the final days before his execution.

# campaigner - Tuesday 27 March, 2012

# Your Say

Poll: Should politicians benchmark their pay against the 'real world'?

Mar 27th 2012, 1:17 PM 4,420 Views 57 Comments

The ‘Real Pay’ politician says they should, saving millions each year, but does this understate the workload of a TD or minister?

# Real Pay

Campaign launched to benchmark politicians' pay against 'real world'

Mar 27th 2012, 1:10 PM 3,467 Views 51 Comments

The move would save €10.7million annually, campaigners say.

# campaigner - Saturday 17 March, 2012

# Kony 2012

'Exhaustion and dehydration' behind Kony 2012 campaigner's hospitalisation

Mar 17th 2012, 4:01 PM 6,463 Views 22 Comments

Jason Russell’s wife says that he “did some irrational things brought on by extreme exhaustion and dehydration”.

∞

About Us

Corrections

Report Content

Policies

TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie

Please note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy.

News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. Wire service provided by Associated Press.

Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.