Detta O'Cathain

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Detta O'Cathain, Baroness O'Cathain, OBE (born 2 February 1938, Laurel Hill, County Limerick) is an Irish-born British businesswoman and politician. She has been a director of many companies, including Midland Bank plc, Tesco plc, British Airways plc, BNP/Paribas (UK) and Allders.

She was made a life peer as Baroness O'Cathain, of The Barbican in the City of London in 1991 and sits in the House of Lords on the Conservative benches.

Views

O'Cathain is known for her socially conservative views, in particular her efforts to retain the ban on same-sex couples from adopting, and has taken on a leadership role in the movement which stands up against gay rights after the death of Baroness Young. [1]

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Notes

  1. Kite, Melissa, "Lords join forces to wreck Blair's gay adoption Bill". The Times, 17 October 2002. (paywall)