143: #143 | Emma De Souza and the Good Friday Agreement

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 11 p.m.

b'Once upon a time there was a young woman from Derry called Emma who loved dogs, baking and movies. She didn\\u2019t think about politics very often. Then she met a Californian called Jake and fell in love. She had no idea that she was about to find herself in the middle of a half-decade-long legal battle which would open a can of worms at a time when Anglo-Irish relations were already being tested.\\n\\n\\nOn today\\u2019s episode, Emma De Souza joins Darach and Gear\\xf3id\\xedn to talk about how applying for a residency card for her husband before the Brexit referendum led to a battle for the integrity of the Good Friday Agreement.\\n\\n\\nEmma and Jake\\u2019s courtcases for the rights of all Irish citizens in the North have led to a significant legal bill - you can help them at their GoFundMe page here:\\n\\nhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/Defend-right-to-be-Irish-against-Brit-Govt-appeal\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nSupport Motherfocloir on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/darach\\xa0\\n\\n\\nGet Kirsten Shiel art prints here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/\\xa0\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nContact the show:\\n\\n\\ntwitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor\\n\\n\\nemail - motherfocloir@headstuff.org\\n\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nWant to record your own podcast? Check out our studios at https://thepodcaststudios.ie\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'