Labour women concern over lack of Cabinet roles

LABOUR women are to write to their party leader, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, expressing concern over his decision to appoint just one woman to Cabinet and the perceived over-looking of Joan Burton for a senior finance portfolio.

Labour women concern over lack of Cabinet roles

The party branch has also criticised former leader and Education Minister, Ruairi Quinn, for claiming women are more suitable to the brief of Minister for Children.

As the fallout over the cabinet appointments continued, the Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny performed his first significant U-turn in government on just his second day in office.

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