Caitriona Palmer (born 1972)[1] is an Irish journalist, author, human rights investigator and advocate, born and raised in County Dublin, Ireland.[2]

Education

Palmer studied at University College Dublin, where she received a bachelor's degree in history and politics in 1993.[3]

In 1995, she won a Fulbright Scholarship to complete her master's at Boston College.[4][5]

In 2021, Palmer was awarded the UCD Alumni Award in Social Sciences.[3][6]

Career

From 2002 to 2004, Palmer was the Iran correspondent for The Irish Times based in Tehran.[2]

Palmer is the author of two books, the memoir, An Affair With My Mother: A Story of Adoption, Secrecy and Love (Penguin, 2016)[7][8] and Climate Justice (Bloomsbury, 2018), co-written with former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson[3][9]

References

  1. ↑ "'Sex was the big sin, worse than violence': Ireland's cruelty to single mothers". Irish Independent. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Caitríona Palmer". Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "UCD Alumni Awards 2022". UCD Alumni Awards. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Caitriona Palmer". C&W Agency. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Q&A with Catriona Palmer". Boston College. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "IWD 2022 - UCD College of Social Sciences and Law". University College Dublin. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Adopted daughter reveals 15-year secret relationship with birth mother". IrishCentral. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Donnelly, Sophie (24 March 2016). "My mother told me our relationship had to be kept secret". Daily Express. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Mary Robinson and Caitríona Palmer in conversation with UCD Rights Education Network, retrieved 6 September 2022
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