Feminists must extend the definition of family to include gay and straight, single-parent and extended families; and embrace paternity leave Article by Ivana Bacik Feminist campaigns for women’s rights –…

            What is the current state of Irish feminism? There are those who repeat the mantra that feminism is dead, but others who point to…

Up and down since 1922, Feminism in 2012 Ireland is becoming robust again – Ivana Bacik 

    By Linda Kelly   If ever there was a question to raise the hackles on the back of my neck, it is the question ‘Where are all the…

The ready availability of pornography and sexual imagery desensitises men to real women

With only 23 women TDs Ireland equals Djibouti in East Africa

Michael Smith It is tuesday lunchtime in Liffey Valley and I am meeting Claire Tully, Ireland’s only Page 3 model.   She enters the “Arc” bar – tiny – and apologises…

They include responsibility; the consequences for others; and, perhaps, biology itself

They triumphed and they never got complacent

Women still travel abroad for abortions but it is unclear if abortions to save women’s lives are ever carried out in Ireland