Fergus Ó hÍr

Fergus is well-known human rights and social justice activist from West Belfast with over 50 years’ experience of central involvement in many movements and campaigns. He was a central player in
the Civil Rights Movement and the anti-H block movement. He was elected as a councillor to Belfast City Hall with People’s Democracy in 1981 and went on to play a crucial role in the Irish language revival movement as first principal of Meánscoil Feirste in the 90’s and later on as Manager of Belfast based Irish language radio station, Ráidió Fáilte.

Human rights activist Deirdre McAliskey, who is the Deputy Director of the National Children’s Bureau NI conducted the interview. Bainigí sult!