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Celebrating women on #IWD2016 – Carmel O'Keeffe

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Celebrating women on #IWD2016 – Carmel O'Keeffe

Yesterday as I was writing about International Women's Day I remembered that I'd interviewed Carmel O'Keeffe of Dress for Success Cork for the Sunday Business Post Magazine's This Life slot a few years ago. Carmel's story is pretty inspiring so I've reproduced it here, for a bit of motivation on IWD2016! Carmel O'Keeffe of Dress [...]

2018-12-01T09:54:45+00:00 March 8th, 2016|Categories: Opinion|Tags: Carmel O'Keeffe, Celtic Tiger, charity, Dress for Success Cork, fashion, inspiration, job interview, jobseeking, recession, Sonya Lennon, unemployment|

Celebrating women #IWD2016

Opinion

Celebrating women #IWD2016

My enthusiasm for women and feminism is lifted every year by the sense of solidarity on two dates - Women's Christmas, and International Women's Day. This year I spent Women's Christmas speaking with Cork Simon's Colette O'Brien and Karen Songhurst at the Cork Simon Women's Christmas Lunch. And in time-honoured tradition my mother and sister-in-law [...]

2018-12-01T09:54:46+00:00 March 7th, 2016|Categories: Opinion|Tags: 50 50 Group, 8th Amendment, abortion, Amanda Varian, Carmel O'Keeffe, contraception, Cork Sexual Violence Centre, Cork Simon Community, domestic violence, Dress for Success Cork, gender quotas, Gina London, homelessness, International Women's Day 2016, Louise O'Neill, Mary Crilly, Rape, reproductive rights, Savita Halappanavar, sexual harassment, single parents, stalking, UCC, University College Cork, women|