about a woman and her sister fighting for the truth about the death of a child? There are a lot of issues here to unpick, some of which are about the way women and their children are so often treated as inferior property by the state in NI. Or would that get moved to 'Petitions and Activism' too??
@SpinCityBlues makes a good point here. There are a lot of issues here to unpick. I often find myself asking, as I'm sure so many other people do too, when I think about what actually happened to Noah and why he wasn't helped, how the authorities and most of the media have responded, the response at times from MNHQ and trolling here and elsewhere, is it because:
Fiona and Niamh, undoubtedly the people fighting and grieving most strongly for Noah, are both women?
Fiona is a single mother?
Fiona is Catholic?
Fiona had a relationship with a man who was black while she was away working for a time in the USA, resulting in Noah?
Noah was mixed race?
Noah was Catholic?
Noah came from a one parent family?
Noah, Fiona and Niamh are Irish/Northern Irish?
Or is it a combination of some or all of these factors?
To some people, very consciously or perhaps unconsciously, it doesn't matter that these are three very decent people, who firmly buck the nasty negative stereotypes.
To clarify, I include the family's religion not to be in any way divisive but because a minority of people clearly have a problem with it. Noah was brought up to see and treat everyone as equal, and he did so. Fiona is determined this does not became divided down old sectarian lines. She believes that the majority of people in all communities are very decent people and she is extremely grateful for the support she has received from all communities. I completely agree with her.