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Caitriona Palmer (born 1972) [1] is an Irish journalist, author, human rights investigator and advocate, born and raised in County Dublin, Ireland. [2]
Palmer studied at University College Dublin, where she received a bachelor's degree in history and politics in 1993. [3]
In 1995, she won a Fulbright Scholarship to complete her master's at Boston College. [4] [5]
In 2021, Palmer was awarded the UCD Alumni Award in Social Sciences. [3] [6]
From 2002 to 2004, Palmer was the Iran correspondent for The Irish Times based in Tehran. [2]
Palmer is the author of two books, the memoir, An Affair With My Mother: A Story of Adoption, Secrecy and Love (Penguin, 2016) [7] [8] and Climate Justice (Bloomsbury, 2018), co-written with former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson [3] [9]