Stephen Grogan: An Appreciation
1980s’ student leader at the epicentre of social change in Ireland By Garbhán Downey Back in a very different country, Stephen Grogan was the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) president sued and threatened with imprisonment for publishing information on where Irish women could access abortion services in Britain. In 1989, he and his fellow USI executive members, along with officers from Trinity and UCD students unions including the current Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik, were warned by their counsel, Mary Robinson, to pack their toothbrushes and prepare for jail after breaching the statewide ban. But human rights advocate Robinson, […]