Tag Archives: women

‘Completely Committed’

Admin at 12:59 pm June 21, 2017

Helen McEntee, new junior minister for European affairs, with her fellow junior ministers following their appointments yesterday afternoon with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, centre

This afternoon.

Further to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s choice of junior ministers yesterday…

Fine Gael has released the following statement:

Fine Gael in Government has done more than any other party before it, in terms of gender equality in politics.

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has maintained the highest number of female Cabinet Ministers in the history of the State – first achieved in July 2014 .

Currently there are four female full Cabinet Ministers, including the Tánaiste, and in addition, a female Super Junior Minister who sits at Cabinet.

Of the 11 Fine Gael female TDs, six are either Ministers of Junior Ministers, including the Super Junior Minister, meaning 55% of Fine Gael female TDs occupy senior Government positions. Of the five Fine Gael female TDs who are not Ministers, four are first-time TDs.

Fine Gael introduced gender quotas cutting funding to political parties if they failed to run at least 30% women candidates at the General Election.

As a result of this, the 2016 election saw 35 women elected to the Dáil. This was the highest number of women ever elected to the Dáil and a 40% increase on 2011.

Fine Gael has more women elected to the Dáil than any other party. However, there is no room for complacency and we continue to work to encourage more women into politics.

Fine Gael ran more female candidates than any other party in the last local elections of 2014. In that election we had the highest number of female candidates ever to feature on a Fine Gael ticket.

The party gave every possible support to these female candidates in their electoral bids, including training and mentoring specific to the challenges faced by women in politics.

Fine Gael is completely committed to increasing the number of women actively participating in politics and will continue to seek to boost the number of women at al levels of the party.

FIGHT!

Previously: It’s Good To Be King

Statement via Hugh O’Connell

Together, Standing Tall?

Admin at 9:17 am March 6, 2017

Frilly Keane tweetz:

@Aldi_Ireland Where’s the Ladies fixtures? Did I miss that flyer?

Friday: Rugby Fails And Jumper Puppy Fails

Treat Women Like They’re People

Niall Murphy at 1:21 pm November 22, 2016

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Driving The Prices

Admin at 11:08 am November 1, 2016

Rob Loughlin tweetz:

“Women drivers, eh?”….as seen down in Wexford at the weekend…wonder why the big price difference?

Anyone?

Not On The Playlist

Niall Murphy at 9:27 am September 1, 2016

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Ladyleading

Admin at 3:32 pm August 3, 2016

Notions. Don’t be getting them.

By Sarah Cooper

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‘The IRA Look’

Admin at 10:27 am March 17, 2016

A new 100 Years Of Beauty timelapse video by WatchCut wherein actress Stephanie Koenig models a century of supposed women’s styles north and south of the border.

Here’s the research they did up to the 1960s and after.

Yes. You are actually seeing this.

laughingsquid

(H/T: Anne)

Men Of Letters

Admin at 10:03 am February 17, 2016

Sinéad O’Loghlin took the words out of my mouth. Her point about the great majority of published contributors to your Letters page being male had struck me very forcibly in recent months. For my own amusement, I have been keeping a running check on letters published.

From February 3rd to February 15th, inclusive, a total of 196 letters have appeared. Five signatories might have been either gender; of the other 191 letters, 155 (over 81 per cent) were from men and 36 (under 19 per cent) from women.

Do these figures really reflect the contributions received? If so, I can only echo Ms O’Loghlin’s appeal to women to get writing.

Colette Ní Mhoitleigh,
Baile Átha Cliath 6.

Women and ‘Letters to the Editor’ (Irish Times)

Pic: True North Quest