Frances Fitzgerald

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|

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 [...]

2013-03-28T14:33:00+00:00 March 28th, 2013|Categories: Opinion|Tags: bank bailout, childcare, Enda Kenny, feminism, Fine Gael, Frances Fitzgerald, gender pay gap, Irish Examiner, Leo Varadkar, maternity leave, Michelle Mulherin, mortgage defaults, personal insolvency, troika, women, work|