Boyle's Law: The Story of Kevin Boyle
Panoramica
English - March 10, 2023 09:30 - 59 minutes - 136 MBPersonal Journals Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Kevin Boyle was a human rights lawyer, activist, and academic.
A leading figure in the Northern Ireland civil rights movement, he was a founder of the People's Democracy and a key member of NICRA (the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association). Kevin Boyle also contributed to the peace process, which culminated in the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
As a human rights lawyer, he did significant work on cases regarding gay rights, abuse of prisoners, and the treatment of the Kurdish minority in Turkey.
Kevin Boyle was also central to the freedom of expression organisation Article 19, Amnesty International's work in Africa in the 1980s, and the work of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson.
Hear all this and more in 'Boyle's Law', which tells the story of Kevin Boyle with archive audio and contributions from those who knew him.
This documentary was named 'Podcast of the Year' at the National Student Media Awards (Ireland) in 2023 and received the Law Society of Ireland Justice Media Award for Student Journalism in 2024.
Presented and produced by Tom O'Connor for the University of Galway radio station FlirtFM.
Music credits:
- Intro/Outro music
"Never Miss A Moment" from Scott Holmes Music on FreeMusicArchive. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.
- Other
"Codeine Crazy" from Alexander Lavoe on FreeMusicArchive. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.
Archive audio credits (more info available on request):
RTE Archives, BBC, Mike Chinoy, Council of Europe Facebook Page.