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Film & TV production company TESTIMONY, PURE GRIT, HERSTORY, ONE MILLION DUBLINERS, THE PIPE
Dublin, Ireland
Joined May 2010
❤️🐎🌈Pure Grit is a "mesmerising...beautiful documentary" says The Guardian @guardian See for yourself this Friday @IFI_Dub @LightHouseD7 @PalasGalway and book your tickets now 🍿📽️ https://t.co/HMC4iZvBsl
#womenmakemovies
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@rtenews Seen a massive bin truck go past me yesterday with re-turn on the side of it how the hell is adding more trucks and printing millions of pieces of paper better than putting it in a green bin I already pay 45 a month for
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A serving soldier who beat a woman unconscious in a random street attack, and boasted about it on social media, has walked free from court after being given a fully suspended sentence which the victim described as "not justice"
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A serving soldier who beat a woman unconscious in a random street attack, and boasted about it on social media, has walked free from court after being given a fully suspended sentence which the...
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In a scathing dissenting opinion in the Weinstein appeal, Judge Madeline Singas wrote, “Fundamental misunderstandings of sexual violence perpetrated by men known to, and with significant power over, the women they victimize are on full display in the majority’s opinion. By
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Curious the things they left off this list...
The Vatican has published a new document setting out 'grave violations of human dignity', listing abortion, surrogacy and gender theory alongside discrimination against migrants and LGBTQ people
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Frightening stats
As you’re watching the BAFTAs tonight remember: 95% of indie producers who have produced 3-5 features earned less than £25k a year for their producing work. 82% bafta nominated/winning indie producers earned less than £15k a year. Stats from UK Producers Roundtable.
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2018 illegal birth registrations: RTÉ said abuses have been written about for decades 'by a small number of journalists'. By 2018, I had been a decade writing specifically about illegal regs but am not mentioned as one of the 'small number of journos'. https://t.co/HfAu8tglQJ
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In 1987, the then Minister responsible for Women's Affairs, Nuala Fennell gingerly steered legislation through an initially jaundiced Oireachtas abolishing the status of illegitimacy.
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On the train to the brilliant @GalwayFilm for a weekend of film magic 🎥 To celebrate, Fleadh winner 2021 #PureGrit is now available to watch online @IFI_Dub Click here and settle in for a treat 🍿 https://t.co/HNNjkIVMTf
@kimbartleydocs @BanksideFilms @ScreenIreland
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The appallingly unfair #MotherandBabyHomes ‘redress’ scheme is before the Seanad again this Tuesday. It entirely excludes most people born in the institutions. Please continue to call and email Senators and TDs:
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The Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme (MBIPS) is inherently discriminatory and serves to exacerbate the multifarious existing inequalities associated with forced family separation. The...
To learn more about the Government’s Mother and Baby Institutions ‘redress’ plans and make your views known to Senators, visit: https://t.co/66FPVwfh8u
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TW: sexual assault. I cried in the gym today. I lifted my body weight in deadlifts. This is a monumental milestone for me.
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‘The figures tell us that it’s hidden in plain sight, but it’s hidden. It’s hidden because there are degrees of it we don’t want to take seriously’ Powerful piece by @fergusfinlay on the CSO new sexual violence survey.
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It is men who have created the systems and the rules and the culture and the mores that belittle and demean women
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If even Sophie Fiennes is having trouble financing her documentaries, you know we're in trouble. Sophie Fiennes on documentary film-making in the UK | Documentary films | The Guardian
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Exclusive: Directors struggle to fund work because of risk-averse commissioners and lack of resources, she says
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In yesterday’s debate on #MotherAndBabyHomes redress, I highlighted unacceptable shortcomings & discriminations in proposed scheme & urged Minister to work with Seanad to make changes that deliver recognition & justice for all survivors, including 24,000 currently excluded 1/4
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#Israeli Journalist #GideonLevy explains he had been brainwashed. The BRUTALITY #Israelis inflict on #Palestinians is CRIMINAL. #Israel IS AN #Apartheid: 1 It has democracy for #Jewish Citizens 2 Discriminates its #Palestinian Citizens 3 OCCUPIES Palestinians in #WestBank & #Gaza
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HI ALL. 9 - 2 - 5 is looking to hire a Junior Development Producer - details on @IFTN. Please share 📽️📺... Junior Development Producer | The Irish Film & Television Network https://t.co/dXPcR50zAm via @IFTN
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📣 #MotherAndBabyHomes survivors & adopted people need your help! ℹ️Govt intends to pass its ‘redress’ scheme through the Dáil on Wednesday. 🚨The scheme excludes 40% of survivors & denies healthcare to two-thirds. ✉️Click here show your support! https://t.co/0USHHLVeLK
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Missouri Republicans passed new rules: 1. Women lawmakers are banned from showing their bare arms. 2. Women lawmakers are required to cover their dress with a “second layer”. The road to the Handmaid’s Tale world is lined with people telling us to stop overreacting.
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I just read -- in the book SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO by Jess Hill -- about the incident in Stockholm for which Stockholm Syndrome is named, and I am royally pissed off on behalf of all women, buckle up.
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Delighted to be working with @HenNorton, @emufilms, @uncertainkngdm & @ScreenIreland to bring this powerful Mo Mowlam doc to screens next year (exclusive) | News | Screen #womenmakemovies
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The fund will re-open for a third round on January 9.
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