Me on my first day back at work after maternity leave. There was a LOT of concealer involved. Thousands of us do it every year and thousands more have been here before us. We trudge, skip or sail back into the office after between six and ten months at home, learning how to cope [...]
It's been one week since I returned to work and said goodbye (for a few hours a day at least!) to the world of nappies, puréed pear and hour-long, often unsuccessful, attempts to leave the house. I enjoyed my maternity leave - it was busy, with a big move in the middle of it that I [...]
I do some work for Women Mean Business, which has recently moved online. Recently I interviewed Niamh Townsend of DELL Ireland. Her description of their policies on women who return from maternity leave was very thought-provoking... they allow women to take a step back, to change roles sideways, or to re-engage fully and continue their careers. [...]
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 [...]