"Her passion and wrath was not scattergun β it had a laser-like focus on calling out inequality and injustice. She suffered no fools but had a kindness and warmth for many."
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Nell McCafferty
Nell McCafferty (28 March 1944 β 21 August 2024) was an Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner and one of the founders of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement in 1970. She wrote for The Irish Press, The Irish Times, Sunday Tribune, Hot Press and The Village Voice. On 22 May 1971, along with over 40 other women, McCafferty was involved in the so-called "Contraceptive Train" episode, which travelled from Belfast in the North to Dublin, in an attempt to import prohibited "contracept
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