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Accessible Fashion; Irish migrant nurses

Accessibility and Inclusive Designer Gemma McAllister on why she makes clothes accessible for everyone. And a look into the history of Irish NHS nurses who migrated in the 50s.

Accessibility and Inclusive Designer Gemma McAllister talks about her fashion brand, her story and designing clothes that are adaptive and functional for all disabilities. Professor Louise Ryan and Grainne McPolin talk about a project that looks into the history of Irish women who migrated to Britain to train and work as nurses in the NHS from the 1950s onwards.

56 minutes

Last on

Tue 30 May 2023 15:04

Music Played

  • Cummunards

    You Are My World

  • Kylie Minogue

    Padam Padam

  • Rusted Root

    Send Me On My Way

  • Yola

    Diamond Studded Shoes

  • Bell X1

    Spacewalk

  • All Saints

    Pure Shores

Broadcast

  • Tue 30 May 2023 15:04