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I've been quiet on here lately, but it's a good reason: since July I've been working as Digital Archivist & Coordinator ...
17/09/2021

I've been quiet on here lately, but it's a good reason: since July I've been working as Digital Archivist & Coordinator on the Archiving Reproductive Health project at
Digital Repository of Ireland! It's a wonderful role & I'm so excited to be part of this important work. This means I won't be doing SYS work for the next while, but if anyone wants to chat/get advice about archiving (especially digital archiving) the work of community/volunteer groups, or find out more about ARH, check out

logo2-Whitebackground.png On 25th May 2018, Irish citizens voted to remove the controversial “8th Amendment” to the Irish Constitution, opening the way for the introduction of legislation governing the termination of pregnancy in the State. The lead-up to the referendum included a number of camp...

Very troubling report of a seminar a MBHCOI Commissioner participated in. Survivors only found out about it by chance, m...
03/06/2021

Very troubling report of a seminar a MBHCOI Commissioner participated in. Survivors only found out about it by chance, most questions were unanswered & those that were show the Commission had no intention of using survivor testimony to inform the Report.

A number of Mother and Baby Home survivors finally got to hear from a Commissioner today – it did not go to plan.

"The leaders of the Together for Yes movement are calling for an independent, expert-led review of the legislation as th...
25/05/2021

"The leaders of the Together for Yes movement are calling for an independent, expert-led review of the legislation as they mark the third anniversary of the repeal vote today"



Campaigners call for an independent, expert-led review of the legislation as they mark the third anniversary of the repeal vote today

Archiving, curating and digging for data on BBC Radio 3 Arts & Ideas - stories from archives collected by residents arou...
17/05/2021

Archiving, curating and digging for data on BBC Radio 3 Arts & Ideas - stories from archives collected by residents around the Barbican, exploring the way data is changing our view of history and looking at sculpture conservation.

Lisa Mullen explores the way data can change our view of history & looks at conservation.

Publication of the General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill:
12/05/2021

Publication of the General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill:

Minister Roderic O’Gorman TD, has today (11 May) published the General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill. The groundbreaking legislation will provide a full and clear right of access for adopted people and others with questions on their origins to birth certificates, birth and early...

"Evidence that at least 356 previously unknown Irish children were sent to Northern Ireland, Great Britain and a range o...
10/05/2021

"Evidence that at least 356 previously unknown Irish children were sent to Northern Ireland, Great Britain and a range of other countries for adoption was given to the Department of Health over 20 years ago but never made public."

Up until now, the State has only ever acknowledged that 2,132 children were sent abroad to be adopted between the late 1940s and the early 1970s - ...

Promises to be an excellent seminar series!
28/04/2021

Promises to be an excellent seminar series!

Archiving the 8th Seminar Series

"[Centenary Historical Advisory Panel] members believe that a one-off opportunity has arisen for the release of the mate...
21/04/2021

"[Centenary Historical Advisory Panel] members believe that a one-off opportunity has arisen for the release of the material and other files that are not even catalogued. They fear that undocumented material could be lost at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) as archivists retire."

Historians call for opening of secret Northern Ireland files to mark centenary

Push for transparency comes at a time of heightened tensions in region

Good article
20/04/2021

Good article

The Academy should expand its horizons—starting with Wolfwalkers.

Exciting news!
16/04/2021

Exciting news!

An ancient tomb, described by archaeologists as "untouched" and "highly unusual" has been discovered on the Di**le Peninsula in Co Kerry.

Good article by Emily Mark-Fitzgerald, head of the school of art history and cultural policy at University College Dubli...
14/04/2021

Good article by Emily Mark-Fitzgerald, head of the school of art history and cultural policy at University College Dublin, about the recent controversy around photograph colourisation and digital manipulation.

'The expansion of the technical capacity and popular appetite to alter historical photography has not been matched by sufficient debate about the assumptions and consequences of this practice. In effect, colourisers do not address photographs as physical artefacts with unique histories of creation and reception: this work treats original photos as “windows” onto the past that can be “improved for viewers."'

Matt Loughrey has falsely doctored photos from 1970s Cambodia – but all colourisation does that

"The history of LGBTI+ experience and identity in Ireland is to be explored in a new year-long programme from the Nation...
30/03/2021

"The history of LGBTI+ experience and identity in Ireland is to be explored in a new year-long programme from the National Library of Ireland.

The online events have been co-curated with the National Library by Tonie Walsh, veteran LGBTI+ rights activist, journalist, and founder of the Irish Q***r Archive, which is itself housed in the National Library.

Planned events include virtual talks, readings, workshops, panel discussions and events for children and young people.

The first event, entitled 'Lived lives: The Irish Q***r Archive', takes place tomorrow, Wednesday, 31 March, with events taking place each month thereafter."

The history of LGBTI+ experience and identity in Ireland is to be explored in a new year-long programme from the National Library of Ireland.

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