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1. Irish Examiner : Battle of the sexes has no place in the fight to fix this economy
Excerpt: …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 when men are more likely to lose their lives at work…
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2. Irish Times : Catholics and Protestants see human rights differently
Excerpt: …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, said the drive for consensus required an appreciation of that fact…
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3. Clare Champion On-Line : Clare Women’s Network faces uncertain future
Excerpt: …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 »
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4. Women say no going back…NWCI join with community sector to march against proposed cuts
Excerpt: …Susan McKay, Director of the NWCI speaking from the platform of today's national march of community workers, employers and activists, protesting against proposed cuts to community projects across the country, said 'Women didn't get the power or the wealth during the boom years, but there would never have been prosperity…
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5. Business and Leadership Magazine : Cutbacks mean more women unemployed
Excerpt: …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 from the platform of the national march of community workers, employers…
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6. Irish Times : Thousands march over cuts in Dublin
Excerpt: …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 from Donegal, Roscommon, Mayo and Clare waved placards alongside Dublin…
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Excerpt: …A very proud and particular welcome from the National Women's Council of Welcome to all of the women here today - Mothers, sisters, wives, partners daughters - Mna na hEirinn out to rock the world again.There never would have been a community sector if it wasn't for women.The National Women's…
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8. Irish Times : 1,500 protest over cuts and NAMA
Excerpt: …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, a number of socialist groups, trade unions, striking workers and several…
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9. Irish Times : 11,000 sign Child Benefit allowance petition
Excerpt: …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 means testing or taxation or reduction of the universal payment.View…
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10. The Fingal Independent : Call for more women to enter politics
Excerpt: …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 National Women's Council (NWC) has found that some female candidates were…
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11. Irish Times : Thousands protest over NAMA cuts
Excerpt: …Up to 2,000 people marched in Dublin yesterday in protest at proposed Government cuts and the planned National Assets Management Agency (Nama).The protest was supported by Sinn Féin, the People Before Profit Alliance, a number of socialist groups, trade unions, striking workers and several anti-Lisbon groups.View full article »
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12. European Commission Website : EU President Jose Manuel Barrosso visits Limerick
Excerpt: …European Commission President José Manuel Barroso will be in Limerick today (Saturday) where he will have the opportunity to meet with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs and the city's Mayor and to engage in open discussion with students at the University and with civil society groups.View full article…
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13. Labour Party Website : Lisbon has the potential to improve women’s lives
Excerpt: …Speaking at a National Women's Council of Ireland meeting in the Mansion House Dublin on the Lisbon Treaty this morning, Dublin Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa said the treaty contained a number of specific measures that had the potential to improve women's lives.Mr De Rossa said: "Gender equality has been…
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14. The Sunday Times : The State should reward women, not treat them as second class citizens
Excerpt: …I was due to have the annual feminist lunch next week with the late Nuala Fennell. Last year, our lunch group comprised Nuala, Mary Kenny and Mairin de Burca. Before we got down to the business of gossip, we asked each other the ritual questions. "Anybody been appointed to a…
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15. Drogheda Independent : Interest in ‘Spot the Woman’ initiative
Excerpt: …NEW initiative entitled 'Spot the Woman' is set to become an issue in Europe - all thanks to a meeting at the d Hotel in Drogheda!As part of the visit of the European Commission Vice President Margot Wallstrom to Louth on Friday, a meeting of women's groups took place and…
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16. Irish Examiner : Women’s lobby revolts against Child Benefit Cuts
Excerpt: …A PUBLIC campaign to fight the Government's plans to cut child benefit is to be escalated by the lobby representing 300,000 women.The revolt by the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) will pile pressure on the Government after it meets tomorrow to consider the contents of the Commission on Taxation's…
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17. Irish Times : Bank drops ‘exotic’ dancers scheme
Excerpt: …MANAGEMENT AT Ulster Bank were yesterday forced to withdraw a promotion in which students were offered tickets for an "exotic" show for opening a new account.First year students at the Institute of Technology Tallaght in south Dublin were also offered €100 in their student account.View full article »
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Excerpt: …Speaking at the launch of the National Women's Council of Ireland's "No Going Back" campaign last night, Sallyann Kinahan, deputy general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, said that those making decisions in this country were overwhelmingly "male, over 55 and have a view on women's role that…
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19. Irish Times : Ulster Bank drops exotic offer
Excerpt: …Ulster Bank was today forced to withdraw a promotion in which students were offered tickets for an "exotic" show for opening a new account.First year students at the Institute of Technology Tallaght in south Dublin were also offered €100 in their student account. View full article »
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20. Irish Times : Cut in Child Benefit may ‘force’ low paid women out of work
Excerpt: …REDUCING OR taxing child benefit could force women on low pay out of work as they would not be able to meet childcare costs, the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) said last night.Maintaining universal child benefit at current levels was just one of the recommendations in the council's pre-budget…
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