Olive Buckley was born in Dublin in 1961 but later moved to Belfast where she worked in the Ulster Hospital as a Biomedical Scientist. Olive was also a dedicated trade union activist before becoming Unite the Union’s Regional Officer - looking after those working in the health sector across Northern Ireland.
Olive was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in April 2015 and passed away in September 2016, just over 5 years ago. In an obituary Unite the Union described Olive as “an ardent champion of workers (and) a leader for women in Northern Ireland; an unyielding champion of equality, democracy and solidarity”.
Before she died Olive was determined to help raise awareness of pancreatic cancer and appeared on BBC Radio Ulster’s Talkback alongside surgeon Mark Taylor, when she told host William Crawley about her journey.
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