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Has the Black Lives Matter movement changed anything in Ireland?

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:25:51
Publish Date: 2021-06-14 03:00:00
Description:

Last June, thousands of young Irish people took to the streets of Dublin calling for an end to racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd in the US city of Minneapolis on May 25th 2020.


Amanda Adé is the co-presenter of the Black and Irish podcast. After the death of George Floyd, she spoke out publicly about racism in Ireland. On today's podcast, she talks to Sorcha Pollak about how the conversation about race in Ireland has changed in the past year. 


Also in this episode, assistant professor of law at Dublin City University, Bashir Otukoya, on why more needs to be done at a policy level to tackle racism in this country.




Presented by Sorcha Pollak

Produced by Declan Conlon, Jennifer Ryan and Suzanne Brennan

Theme music by Hugh Rodgers


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