Markievicz School
This looks like a really interesting event, it'll be on 18th May in Dublin and is free (although donations are welcome)
Women and work… and Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar TD at a Fine Gael press conference during the 2011 General Election Campaign. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A straw poll of friends and colleagues a recently revealed that many of the women I know are the primary – or the only – breadwinners in their families. The recession has caused a huge amount [...]
In memory of Savita
I took this tonight at the vigil in memory of Savita at Cork Opera House. Very subdued, dignified crowd of around 200.
Fun, fearless feminism?
Helen Gurley Brown's Single Girl's Cookbook (Photo credit: tiny banquet committee) I had an interesting time researching this piece on legendary Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown for The Tubridy Show (presented by Dave Fanning) earlier today. As a feminist myself I find HGB pretty fascinating. She seemed to be determined, outrageous, fun and fearless... [...]
International Women's Day
This is the speech I gave last night at a great event run by Cork Feminista to celebrate the 100th International Women's Day Introduction Good evening everyone, and happy 100th International Women’s Day! When I was sitting down to write this speech, I began to think about the recent election; the role of women in Irish [...]
Two steps forward, one step back
Two weeks ago today, I attended an event at the Imperial Hotel organised by the 50:50 Group, which wants to see an improvement in Ireland’s rate of female representation. On Sunday I watched the count at Cork City Hall as Deirdre Clune lost her seat in Cork South Central, bringing the representation there [...]