Ignored, forgotten or dismissed: Why can’t we shake the stigma around childless women?

There is an ever-growing number of women in this country for whom having a family was just not to be. A new radio documentary highlights the subject that still very much feels like a taboo, writes Jennifer Stevens

There is a topic that is rarely discussed, often seen as taboo, and yet experienced by one in five women in Ireland.

Being childless is the reality for many women in this country, and the figure is expected to reach one in four in the coming years, but it is something still not spoken about, and brushed over by many.