Published: Wednesday, October 16, 2013
In this seventh budget of austerity (and the fourth of this government) it appears that the explanations for budget measures have become more difficult to comprehend than the measures themselves. Government Ministers and TD’s are given lists of...
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Published: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Like many of us, I have been far more exercised about the first element of the forthcoming referendum, the question of the abolition of the Seanad. I haven’t been too bothered about the second question, the 33rd amendment...
Published: Thursday, September 12, 2013
History was always an exciting class in school. Until you realised that you were required to memorise page long essays, the compelling tales of the development of wars, and the battle for supremacy of great men, from the time of...
Published: Friday, August 09, 2013
In July 2012 the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act was passed by the Oireachtas. As part of the Government’s political reform agenda, the law provides for a legal candidate gender quota for future general elections in Ireland. The new...
Published: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
I started my business three years ago. To this day, I remember the first networking event I attended 'flying solo'. In fact, I can recall the sick-to-the-stomach edginess I felt as I stood up and 'pitched' my service...
Published: Wednesday, June 26, 2013
This week is the annual Dublin Gay Pride festival. It also happens to mark the 20th anniversary since homosexuality was decriminalised in 1993. For many, Pride is both a time of celebration and of protest; celebration to mark the great strides...
Published: Monday, June 10, 2013
In 2012, NWCI organised a seminar called Bearing the Brunt? The seminar set out to explore the impact of the recession on women. The title ended in a deliberate question mark. The seminar was not about making a definitive statement; it...
Published: Monday, March 04, 2013
The Irish Women’s Rugby Team won their first Triple Crown last Saturday in Lasswade, a few miles south of Edinburgh. They beat Scotland 30-3 in an electrifying match. Full back Niamh Briggs got the star player award, kicking...
Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
A few weeks ago I was asked to speak at a planning meeting for the newly named Abortion Rights Campaign. I was to follow Moninne Griffith of Marriage Equality, who was there to talk about running an effective, inspirational campaign...
Published: Thursday, January 31, 2013
I am a feminist because I believe that a person's sex or gender should not determine their life experiences. Misogyny, sexism and violence compound the every day experience of living in a world where a socially defined characteristic such...
Published: Wednesday, December 05, 2012
My eldest daughter is just one of the thousands of young Irish people who have emigrated from this soggy, damp, depressed, misty little island in order to find a better way of living on a foreign shore. She and her...
Published: Sunday, December 02, 2012
In October the EU Commission – famed for its consensus driven politics – ended a meeting in acrimony. The cause was Commissioner Viviane Reding’s proposal to compel top companies to include more women on their Boards. The...
Published: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
A report released last week by the World Economic Forum has generated quite a bit of comment. Not least amongst it by Eilis O'Hanlon in the Sunday Independent. O'Hanlon uses the headlines of the WEF report to argue...
Published: Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Half of us are WomenWhen I took on my role at feminist news site Women's Views on News (WVoN), I knew I was doing something positive towards a cause I had always supported. Little did I know how much it...
Published: Monday, October 24, 2011
This article first appeared in Public Affairs Ireland July/August. Gender Quotas - Public Affairs Institute, June 2011 In May, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Phil Hogan, proposed new legislation whereby political parties will have to...
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