Published: Thursday, April 23, 2015
This is the third instalment of NWCI’s “Sharing Stories of Women in History.” Daisy May Bates, a welfare worker and self-taught anthropologist, became renowned in Australia for her work with Aboriginal people in West and South...
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Published: Wednesday, April 08, 2015
This is the second instalment of NWCI’s “Sharing Stories of Women in History.” Being a proud Galway woman, I feel obliged to feature a remarkable woman from my home county. So this week, we will focus...
Published: Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Welcome to the first week of this collaborative blog with the National Women’s Council of Ireland. I will endeavour to post about an interesting Irish woman from the past every fortnight. It will comprise a biography of the...
Published: Thursday, March 12, 2015
In Mary Robinson’s inauguration speech in 1990, she mentioned her wish to bring the stories of Irish women back into history, “finding a voice where they found a vision” to quote Eavan Boland. This is the basis...
Published: Thursday, January 29, 2015
In her recent Irish Times Opinion column, Una Mullally pointed out that “Anyone familiar with Marconi House on Digges Lane in Dublin, which houses Newstalk, TodayFM and TXFM, will notice that one of its design features is an actual...
Published: Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Last year marked National Women’s Council’s fortieth birthday; it also coincided with the occasion of forty years of Irish membership of the European Union. Undoubtedly, two significant anniversaries for both Irish society and economy. ...
Published: Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Someone once said ‘every cloud has a silver lining’, but a silver lining may be difficult to come by if you are a woman survivor of male violence. However, yesterday was the first time I came away...
Published: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
That National Women’s Council of Ireland finally have a feminist home of their own in Dublin is very gratifying. This was an objective set by the Board led by myself and Grainne Healy way back in the nineties,...
Published: Sunday, November 09, 2014
I rarely get addicted to TV shows and due to my technological inadequacies I don’t binge watch either. So if I miss seeing a programme when it’s broadcast, I miss it. But there are a...
Published: Thursday, September 25, 2014
Dear Cousin, So you’re planning to come to Ireland to celebrate a most significant birthday? I would love to see you here, in this country that has always meant so much to you. I would love to hug...
Published: Thursday, May 22, 2014
Today, we go to the polls, to elect those we want to represent us in the European Parliament and on the Local County Councils. 2,040 candidates are seeking election on Friday. Just 441 of them are women. That means that 21.6...
Published: Monday, May 19, 2014
In April of this year The Women’s History Association of Ireland marked the Centenary of Cumann na mBan with a series of events leading to a two day conference in Collins Barracks. During those four days we heard...
Published: Tuesday, March 11, 2014
In 2012 I had a hysterectomy in a major Dublin hospital that resulted in an unnecessary and untreated long term infection. It was a horrible and stressful experience but eventually it was resolved. However, this is not a story about things...
Published: Thursday, January 23, 2014
For the past few years in Ireland an increasing number of women have been practising weight training and powerlifting. In fact, The Irish Drug Free Powerlifting Association (IDFPA) doubled its number of female lifters in 2013, and the Irish team gave...
Published: Thursday, November 28, 2013
As someone who works with all types of families and who lives in a non-traditional family, I am acutely aware of a failing in our Constitution. Currently it only recognises and protects the marital family. Societal and historical changes since...
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