At this time of year, the emotional impact seems even sharper. There is an empty chair at the table, yet there is no grave to visit.

An event happened on Thursday at UCC that gives us real cause for celebration, writes Clodagh Finn

Cork-born Josephine McNeill became the first Irish woman to head a diplomatic mission abroad in 1949

If Amelia Curran’s work was later forgotten, it was celebrated in her lifetime

It is time that the work of women who improved so many people’s lives is at least acknowledged in the hierarchy of the Church they served

Sarah Curran is remembered as the tragic figure whose fiancé Robert Emmet was executed, but she was also an important member of a completely overlooked network of literary women in Cork, writes Clodagh Finn

Maureen Patricia O’Sullivan was one of the most effective secret agents in France during World War II

Mary Staunton's experience was shared by so many other women who felt shut out of public life during the five decades the marriage bar was in force

In the real world, older people lead full and enriching lives but that hasn’t quite translated into fiction yet

The handbag of Maria Steen, who didn't manage to get enough nominations to run for the presidency, reminds Clodagh Finn of the controversial term 'handbagging' that had been used to insult other women in politics