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Later Life and Death
Bernie Dwyer continued her campaign in support for the Cuban Five for many years. She attended the Cuban Five's three federal court case hearings in Miami in 2004 and Atlanta in 2006 and 2007. Dwyer campaigned for many years on behalf of the Cuban Five and was awarded the Cuban medal of friendship in 2006. Dwyer received the Elmuza medal in 2008, this is the highest honor for Journalism in Cuba.

Dwyer worked for many years as the English language newsreader and operated an English language programme at Radio Havana. On this radio station Dwyer interviewed many significant figures in their respective fields such as linguist Noam Chomsky and defense lawyer Leonard Weinglass. Dwyer continued to bring western attention to Cuba and its political landscape. In 2009 Dwyer met with Mícheál Martin the minister for Foreign Affairs in Cuba, Martin was the first Irish minister to visit Cuba. Dwyer created many award-winning documentaries during her time living in Cuba with Roberto Ruiz Rebo. These included Che; The Irish Legacy (1999), Che in Ireland (2001) and The Footprints of Cecilia McPartland (2004). Throughout her film work Dwyer raised awareness events that were overlooked such as the U.S attempts to subdue the Cuban revaluation from inside Cuba.

Dwyer died on the 10th of July 2013 in St Francis Hospice in Raheny after a long battle with cancer. She died aged 69. There was a humanist service held on the 12th of July in the Round Room in the Mansion House, followed by a private cremation ceremony at Glasnevin Crematorium. There were no flowers at either ceremony; instead Dwyer requested that there were donations to St. Francis Hospice. Dwyer is memorialized by a plaque at the Julio Antonio Mella International Camp in Caimito a small town in the Artemisa Province in Cuba, where delegations often stay when visiting Cuba.

Evers, L. (2019). Dwyer, Bernie. Dwyer, Bernie | Dictionary of Irish Biography. https://www.dib.ie/biography/dwyer-bernie-a10086 (National Committee to Free the Cuban Five Mourns the Death of Bernie Dwyer. Journalist Bernie       Dwyer passed away in Dublin / activista irlandesa Bernie Dwyer fallece en Dublín. (2013, July 10). http://freethefive.org/updates/CubanMedia/CMBernie71013.htm) The Irish Times. (2013, July 20). Award-winning film-maker devoted to the Cuban cause. The Irish Times. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/award-winning-film-maker-devoted-to- the-cuban-cause-1.1469115 (Irish Times. (2013, July 11). Dwyer, Bernie : Death. Irish Times Family Notices.       https://notices.irishtimes.com/death/dwyer-bernie/28563369).