Niamh Uí Bhriain
| Niamh Uí Bhriain | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Niamh Nic Mhathúna 1970 (age 46–47) Cork, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Known for | Anti-abortion campaigning |
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Niamh Uí Bhriain (born 1970 in Cork) is an Irish pro-life activist and family values campaigner.
Uí Bhriain first came to prominence as the founder and original leader of Youth Defence. She claims that her inspiration behind the group came from a visit by American pro-life activist Joseph Scheidler to her parents' house during the 1983 referendum, during which he had brought with him graphic images of aborted foetuses.
Nic Mhathúna (as she was by that time) ran for Dáil Éireann as an independent pro-life candidate for Dublin Central in the 1992 general election. She gained 514 first preferences amounting to 1.4% of the total vote, and was eliminated on the fifth count with a total of 552 votes.
Uí Bhriain co-founded the anti-abortion campaign group Youth Defence.
She spoke at Meeting for friendship among peoples in Rimini, Italy, alongside Forza Nuova founder and leader Roberto Fiore in August 2000.
In 1997, Justine McCarthy alleged in the Sunday Independent that Uí Bhriain had received training from American anti-abortion group Operation Rescue in how to blow up abortion clinics. Uí Bhriain then sued for libel and in 2007 won an undisclosed sum from Independent Newspapers.
Uí Bhriain was involved in Catholic/nationalist group Cóir during both Treaty of Lisbon campaigns (the first referendum in June 2008 which was rejected and Lisbon II in October 2009 which was approved)
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