fiona cahill

Artist, poet, mother and carer. Former teacher Founder of surplus food CIC and DV charity Green party

[fiona cahill @fee0na]

1/This my grandma and my mum on the steps of Castlepollard mother and baby institution. Philomena my grandmother kept it for my mum. Sr Gabriel and Tom Woulfe (formerly of the adoption board) now St Patrick’s Guild never acted upon their requests for information and reunion.

[Movement for an Adoption Apology @AdoptionApology]

Today on the BBC.
https://t.co/C4BZN2Xs2Y

[fiona cahill @fee0na]

@E2020Mc @breeda_murphy @OireachtasNews The forensic evidence of infant remains in the old workhouse sewer was documented in the test pits 2017. So that is already established. If the time comes and they aren’t all there the state will have to look for and provide answers

[fiona cahill @fee0na]

My most recent installation using my personal archive My Gma escaped Irish institution only for her and my mum (born in London) to be deported directly back into one by British state Ireland now says I can’t have an Irish passport @GrandCamouflage @ococonuts @maeveorourke

[fiona cahill @fee0na]

@jeremycorbyn And in Leeds outside Green Party candidate home. No single piece of coverage.

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Why is Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon breaking his promise to make London’s rivers swimmable?

One of the most eye-catching promises the Mayor made to get elected, was to make London’s rivers swimmable. But halfway through his term he has made no progress towards this goal, & seems to be quietly dropping this goal on the basis that it isn’t achievable.
However, as a guardian of London’s third biggest river, who knows the river better than most, I know it is a completely achievable goal with effort & imagination. Further, the volunteer charity I run put forward a detailed plan to make the Roding swimmable, which was rejected by the Mayor’s Grow Back Greener fund without explanation. Here’s a thread, on how the Mayor can live up to his promises 🧵

[fiona cahill @fee0na]

@owenjonesjourno We’re not worried about Simons and WHY he’s doing this?

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

Three reasons why the "Unite the Kingdom" rally this Saturday is worse than you think...

@ElonMusk a little something for you at the end.

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

I’m afraid this party needs to die.

Not least for the people it’s meant to look out for.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

The system is rigged.

An illegal war hikes bills for stuggling families - meanwhile energy giants rake in profits.

We don't have to live like this any more. Vote Green on May 7th.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Renters across the country are crying out for real action from this government as they watch their living costs skyrocket.

But half-measures won't cut it - we need permanent, loophole free rent controls to tackle the affordability crisis and end rip off Britain.

[fiona cahill @fee0na]

@JoeSegar @ZackPolanski By composting the parasites

[fiona cahill @fee0na]

@AnneKearns17 @breeda_murphy Please share the poster with them and ask them to get us 💚🇮🇪

[fiona cahill @fee0na]

@AnneKearns17 @breeda_murphy Hi Anne we are looking into funding and appropriate spaces to work with. I hope so! Specially relevant for me personally

[Breeda Murphy @breeda_murphy]

Congrats @fee0na on her exhibition recalling the life of her mother Maria who was never reunited with her mother Philomena, a #PFI “Pregnant From Ireland” unwed mother who was forced to return with baby Maria to Irish #MotherAndBabyHome in Castlepollard

https://t.co/xo7LErnI8I

[fiona cahill @fee0na]

@breeda_murphy Thanks Breeda 💚🇮🇪🧚🏻

[Irish in Britain @irishinbritain]

A new exhibition + workshops, a collaboration between artist Fiona Cahill & Fréa Renewing Roots, will explore the hidden legacy of unmarried Irish women & their children who were sent from Britain to Ireland’s Mother & Baby Homes
Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds
https://t.co/iJ8aE9eyBK

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

It is almost unbelievable that the government is on the brink of allowing the water companies to scam the British people *once again* by letting them get away with serious criminal offences without any actual plan & commitments for fixing illegal outfalls.

I will use one of the most polluting outfalls on the Roding to illustrate why this is a terrible idea. The aptly named ‘Cascades’ combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges almost every time it rains (even lightly) for more than a few hours. It discharges more than 400 hours per year, the majority of which hours of spilling are completely illegal. Worst of all, my testing of the outfall over the past year has shown that the volume (over 80 litres a second) and concentration (up to 50ppm ammonia) means this CSO is highly damaging, effectively turning the whole river into a sewer for over half a mile downstream.

What will be the effect of letting Thames Water off fines for this illegal outfall? 🧵

[fiona cahill @fee0na]

MPs call for apology to mothers who suffered ‘unimaginable trauma’ of forced adoption | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine https://t.co/aYwVXQv6wg

[Mothin Ali @MothinAli]

This ends any debate over the reality of Israel's apartheid regime.

The death penalty for one race only, enforced through military courts with a 99.7% conviction rate.

Shame on those who deny apartheid.

Shame on those who deny that West Bank settler terrorism and ethnic cleansing is Israeli government policy.

Shame on the Labour government for not ending the sale of weapons to Israel 2.5 years into a genocide in Gaza.

[Daniel Loftus is working on #ProjectInfant. 🌳🔎 @danielmloftus]

Thank you to @pjcoogan of @Corks96FM for chatting to me about my work at @Project_Infant.

Listen to it here: https://t.co/Fyej1IbV7D / https://t.co/LwOjBhyiSY