Jeremy Corbyn’s suggestion that women-only train carriages could be introduced at night to guard against sexual attacks has been condemned by rival Labour leadership contenders and anti-sexism campaigners.

A couple of weeks ago, yours truly touched on the Páirc Uí Chaoimh funding issue with reference to the wider context, namely the Irish bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023, and the other, well-equipped challengers for that honour, like Italy and South Africa.

Fashion is no longer the opposite of feminism, writes Mary Rose Roche and it is finally giving us the clothes that reflect our lives.

While the blatant chauvinism of the Mad Man era may appear to be over, women are still subjected to sexual comments and harassment in their daily lives.

Dublin Writers Festival hit the right note with an engaging programme, says Orlagh Ní Arrachtain.

THE trainer, a lovely curvy woman in tight lycra whom I have expressly picked out from a line up in the gym, because she looks normal rather than someone who exists on egg white omelette and kale, assumes I have engaged her because I want to be thinner.

One of Britain’s most famous comedians (or his alter ego, Johnny Vegas, that is) will be in conversation with the comedy actress and writer Pauline McLynn as part of the Dublin Writers Festival next week.