From top: Table showing the number of candidates (male/female) running for each party in the upcoming local elections; table showing the percentage change of female candidates running for the main political parties between 2009, 2014 and this year
Dr Adrian Kavanagh, a lecturer in the Maynooth University Department of Geography, writes:
Female candidates currently account for 28.3% of the total number of candidates selected/declared (that I have accounted for/listed on my website to date).
Previously: Mickey Fest