TAG / IRELAND
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MENTAL HEALTH
Ireland’s Forgotten Patients Demand Action After New Investigations Into 1950s Asylum Abuse
More than 20,000 people were housed at the peak of Ireland’s asylum era; survivors say the legacy of psychiatric trauma lives on—and it’s time for the government to act.
MENTAL HEALTH
Paul Durcan, Irish Poet Who Survived Psychiatric Abuse to Become a National Icon, Dies at 80
Psychiatry tried to crush his art with shock, drugs and fear. Instead, Paul Durcan built a legacy that defined Irish poetry for generations.
CHURCHES
Dublin’s Ideal Church of Scientology and Community Centre Mark Seven Years of Community Service
A full calendar of events for the entire community makes this Ideal Church a primary source of civic life in South Dublin, where it is the largest cultural venue serving all.
