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Women’s Council criticise Ryanair’s latest calendar, Irish Examiner, Breaking News, 12th November 20

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The National Women's Council of Ireland is hitting out at Ryanair over its latest cabin crew calendar.The 2010 calendar - which includes two Irish employees - features scantily clad women and claims to be the most provocative edition yet.http:/...

Child Benefit means-test ‘flawed’, Evening Herald, 11th November 2009

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Proposals to means test child benefit payments in the Budget are fundamentally flawed and could force women out of work, a leading lobby group has claimed.The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) said Government has made no attempt to...

Fury as top golf club wins battle to keep women out, Irish Independent, 4th November 2009

Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009

A leading golf club was last night accused of enforcing 19th century rules after it won a legal bid refusing women full membership.The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the Equality Authority and ruled by a majority of three...

Irish Independent : Fathers will have a voice at last

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009

AS a separated father, I was surprised but delighted to read the letter 'Why are working mothers blamed?' by Myria Vassiliadou, Secretary General of the European Women's Lobby (Irish Independent October 7).On its website, the European Women's Lobby claims...

Irish Times : Savings in social welfare budget essential says Hanafin

Published: Friday, October 09, 2009

THE GOVERNMENT cannot get the finances of the country right without in some way making savings in the social welfare budget, Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin has said.Speaking at a pre-budget forum for representatives of voluntary...

Irish Times : Leaflet on breast cancer to be sent to homes

Published: Monday, October 05, 2009

A LEAFLET highlighting facts about breast cancer will be delivered to more than three-quarters of a million households across the country next week.Breast cancer advocacy group Europa Donna Ireland received funding of €105,000 from the National Lottery to print 790,000 leaflets...

Irish Examiner : Choices or barriers? A response to Matt Cooper

Published: Sunday, October 04, 2009

Senator Ivana Bacik5th October 2009Last Wednesday, at a protest against cutbacks outside the Dáil, Susan McKay of the National Women's Council made a speech which provoked some controversy. I was at the protest and heard her say, accurately,...

Irish Examiner : Battle of the sexes has no place in the fight to fix this economy

Published: Thursday, October 01, 2009

More men than women have lost their jobs during the downturn, particularly in the construction sector - and please let no one pretend that working on the sites in all weathers is somehow easier than cleaning the Dáil, especially...

Irish Times : Catholics and Protestants see human rights differently

Published: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

PROTESTANTS AND Catholics have markedly different views on the question of individual rights and the need to protect them, the McCluskey Civil Rights Summer School was told.Dr John Kyle, a Belfast councillor and member of the Progressive Unionist Party,...

Clare Champion On-Line : Clare Women’s Network faces uncertain future

Published: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Women in Clare will be left without a voice if the Clare Women's Network is forced to close because of Government cutbacks, the director of the National Women's Council of Ireland, Susan McKay has warned.View full article »

Business and Leadership Magazine : Cutbacks mean more women unemployed

Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Cutbacks proposed in the McCarthy report, along with others which pre-dated it, would push women out of the workforce and into welfare dependency and poverty, Susan McKay, director of the National Women's Council of Ireland, said today.She was speaking...

Irish Times : Thousands march over cuts in Dublin

Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Thousands of community workers, employers and activists took to the streets of Dublin.The Communities against Cuts campaign said an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 people marched from Parnell Square to Molesworth Street before holding a rally outside the Dáil. Women's groups...

Irish Times : 1,500 protest over cuts and NAMA

Published: Sunday, September 20, 2009

SOME 1,500 people marched in protest at proposed Government cuts and the planned National Assets Management Agency (Nama), in Dublin at the weekend.One of a series of protests, it was supported by Sinn Féin, the People Before Profit Alliance,...

Irish Times : 11,000 sign Child Benefit allowance petition

Published: Saturday, September 19, 2009

SOME 11,000 parents and other concerned citizens have signed a petition against any change in the child benefit allowance.In both online and handwritten petitions which are addressed to Taoiseach Brian Cowen, the families say that they oppose the introduction of...

The Fingal Independent : Call for more women to enter politics

Published: Friday, September 18, 2009

PRESSURE group for the rights of women has called for a quota system to bring more women into politics at local level after the local elections saw a slide in the number of women councillors nationwide.A survey by the...

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