Aine Collins – Deshocks

Could 26 February be the date of #GE2016?

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Could 26 February be the date of #GE2016?

The #marriageequality count at Cork City Hall, 2015. Speculation on an election date has been rife, with yesterday's Red C Sunday Business Post prompting some commentators to suggest it would be held before Christmas in order for Government parties to capitalise on the increase in their support. Galway journalist Enda Cunningham tweeted last week [...]

2018-12-01T09:55:47+00:00 September 14th, 2015|Categories: Opinion|Tags: 96fm Opinion Line, Aine Collins, Cork, election, Enda Kenny, Fine Gael, GE2016, PJ Coogan|

Rwanda’s women get ahead, while Ireland prepares for quotas

Mary Lou McDonald had to fight for maternity leave from the Dail - there is currently no provision for this. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I wrote this piece in March after a trip to Rwanda to meet women politicians there, and after spending about four months shadowing and interviewing women politicians in Ireland. I just [...]

2013-07-13T18:00:27+00:00 July 13th, 2013|Categories: Opinion|Tags: Aine Collins, Dail, development, Frances Fitzgerald, gender, gender quotas, Joan Burton, Kathleen Lynch, Leinster House, Mary Lou McDonald, Millennium Development Goals, quotas, sexism, Simon Cumbers Media Fund, women, women in politics|