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Revision as of 15:22, 12 December 2012 by Paulmoloney (talk | contribs) (→Later Life: Changed incest -> incestuous rape.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Breda O'Brien (born Dungarvan, County Waterford, 1962) is an Irish teacher, journalist and pro-life feminist. She founded Feminists for Life of Ireland in 1992 and is a leader in the pro-life movement. She writes a column for The Irish Times.
Early Life & Education
O'Brien was educated at the Convent of Mercy, Dungarvan and later at the Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin. In 1987 she was awarded a diploma in audio visual production from the Crex Avex, Lyon, France. In 1988, she was awarded a diploma in video production from Lumen Video Production School, Dallas, Texas.
Later Life
O'Brien taught at Muckross Park College, a private Catholic girls' school, between 1983 and 1987 and later in 1992. She has worked as a video producer and communications trainer in the Catholic Communications Centre (founded by the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference), Booterstown, Dublin from 1988 to 1991. She worked as a researcher for RTE from 1991 to 1992. Her career as a columnist began with Sunday Business Post from 1997 to 2000 and continued with the Irish Times.
O'Brien is a patron of the Iona Institute, a conservative Irish think tank, and appears regularly in the Irish media as a contributor, supporting the teachings of the Catholic Church.
A Catholic, O'Brien is against abortion even in the case of incestuous rape.
O'Brien supported the right to Muslim women to wear the hijab in Ireland.
See also
References
- ^ Bourke, Angela, ed. (2002). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing: Irish Women's Writing and Traditions, Volume 5. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814799079.
- Personnel And Patrons, the Iona Institute, retrieved 10 April 2009
- O'Brien, Breda (3 March 2009). "Despite some awful dilemmas, abortion is not an option". The Irish Times. Dublin.
- O'Brien, Breda (5 May 2008). "It is better to avoid making hijab a major issue". The Irish Times. Dublin: The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
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