Dr Aoife Mullally has been appointed the clinical lead on termination services for the HSE.

26% of women in Ireland have experienced physical or sexual violence.

Frontline domestic and sexual violence services were “almost totally ignored” in the budget for the 6th year running, it has been claimed.

“Today was a both a celebration of who we are in Ireland now"

Legal experts and civil rights groups have said it is "imperative" that the Government open a public consultation on how future redress schemes should operate.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris will attend an event to mark the anniversary in the Phoenix Park today.

The biggest barrier to family planning is the high cost of contraception, according to the National Women's Council of Ireland.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said Paddy Jackson has not taken steps to show his attitude towards women has changed.

According to the National Women's Council of Ireland, that is a slight increase from 21% in the last elections.

New laws designed to tackle revenge pornography and upskirting are welcome but the government needs to include proper sanctions in any measures, domestic abuse charities have warned.

She had suffered from ovarian cancer.

Latest: Dr Gráinne Flannelly, Clinical Director of CervicalCheck, has stood down from her position.

Latest: The Taoiseach has said controversial comments made by broadcaster George Hook about rape are indicative of attitudes in Irish Society.

Survivors of Magdalene laundries, and their relatives, have relived the horrors of rape, abuse and lost lives as they renewed calls for a memorial and full redress.

Survivors of the Magdalene laundries are being remembered this morning.

The National Women's Council of Ireland will today present a special award to honour women and children who were kept in religious-run, state-funded institutions.

Irish women will work the equivalent of from now until January 2017 for free as a result of the gender-pay gap, it has been suggested.

A UN committee has called on Ireland to take “all necessary steps” to revise its abortion laws to bring them into line with international human rights standards.

A conference to examine ways to address the low number of women in politics and leadership roles in Ireland will get underway in Dublin today.

The high cost of childcare is causing women in their thirties to put off having children, according to a poll.

There are calls to make Ireland more friendly towards breastfeeding.

The decision to cut maternity benefit in yesterday's Budget is being described as "anti-women and anti-families"

The National Women's Council of Ireland have said families are being "pushed to the brink" when it comes to household finances.

It was initially excused as “horseplay” by Fine Gael - behaviour more befitting of a bar that the Dail chamber.

More than 20 leading rights organisations believe Ireland's constitution is outdated in terms of protecting the fundamental human rights of Irish people.

The National Women's Council of Ireland is accusing Jobs Minister Richard Bruton of ignoring their requests for a meeting on proposed changes to wage agreements known as Joint Labour Committees.

Members of the Domestic Workers action group are calling on the new government to join the global campaign for Domestic Workers' rights.

A woman who travelled out of Ireland to terminate a pregnancy while in remission from cancer had her human rights violated because of the country’s ban on abortion, European judges ruled today.

The National Women's Council of Ireland is hitting out at Ryanair over its latest cabin crew calendar.

Women are being encouraged to get into politics as part of International Women's Day.

The National Women's Council of Ireland will protest outside the Dail today in a mark of solidarity with women affected by the breast cancer scandal.

Ryanair was reprimanded by advertising chiefs today for dressing a model as a provocative schoolgirl during a school-term flight sale.

The public is to be consulted on the country's future pension strategy.

The National Women's Council of Ireland is marking International Women's Day today by highlighting the ongoing lack of women in politics.

It is still a man’s world in this country, according to a study published yesterday by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

ARE there questions to be answered about the questions they set?

By Claire O'Sullivan

WORKING parents are paying up to €10,000 a year per child in crèche fees and have been totally ignored in the Budget, unions and opposition parties claimed last night.

IRELAND’S top ten companies have just six women out of a total of 137 directors on their boards.

WOMEN can be trusted with the arts but not with the country’s money is the Government’s message, according to a new study.