Organisation: Inter-Parliamentary Union

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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TDs defend €1,200 extra expenses on foreign trip

Two TDs who each claimed over €1,200 after hotel, dinner, and breakfast costs were deducted during a five-day trip to Switzerland, have defended the spending levels, saying Oireachtas rules allow them to receive the money.

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Outrage alone is not enough to achieve political equality

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Waterford Whispers’ praised for satirical photo by Washington newpaper

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Washington Post applauds Waterford Whispers' take on THAT doctored photo

Electoral quota is patronising

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A few good women

Ireland near bottom of EU for proportion of women in politics

Ireland has one of the lowest numbers of women in parliament in the EU and is in the bottom half of the world rankings.

Tue, 06 Mar, 2012

Gender quotas a positive step

IT HAS been interesting to follow this week’s discussion on gender quotas in the letters column and to see the charge made that they are undemocratic or discriminatory.

Mon, 04 Jul, 2011

47% of women don’t have female TD

NEARLY half of women voters suffer “gender disenfranchisement” because they lack a female TD representing their Dáil constituency, it was claimed last night.

Tue, 28 Sep, 2010

Gender balance in Irish politics ranked among world’s worst

IN 2004, a worldwide poll ranking female representation in national politics put Ireland in 63rd position.

Tue, 19 May, 2009