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Was it for this?

Opinion

Was it for this?

When Constance Markievicz made history as the first woman in the British Isles to be elected a Member of Parliament, it must have been an epic moment. 100 years ago next year, (some) women across the United Kingdom, then including Ireland, got the vote, and the first to be elected was an Anglo-Irish republican socialist from [...]

2018-12-01T09:52:42+00:00 December 7th, 2017|Categories: Opinion|Tags: 1918, centenary, Constance Markievicz, elections, feminism, history, IRB, Politics, republican, socialist, suffragettes, voters, Voting, women|

Election promises

Opinion

Election promises

What's a red line issue to you? For me, in this election, it was the 8th Amendment. I didn't give a preference to candidates who didn't support repeal. For others before the last election, I imagine marriage equality was one. If the 8th Amendment is repealed, I expect it to remain a red line issue for me. [...]

2018-12-01T09:54:46+00:00 March 7th, 2016|Categories: Opinion|Tags: campaign, Chuck Feeney, contracts, Dominic Hannigan, Election 2016, electoral strategy, equal rights, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Jerry Buttimer, John Lyons, Labour, Leo Varadkar, LGBT, Marriage Equality, voters|