New legislation is on the way that will force political parties to include more women on their election tickets.

WHEN the thin red line of Shelbourne players file out of the Dalymount Park tunnel before they face neighbours Bohemians in an FAI Cup tie this evening, it will evoke a time when cash slushed around domestic football.

A high-profile national campaign gets under way today to expose the hidden crime of domestic violence.

ACCORDING to a report in the Irish Examiner of October 5, Women’s Aid has called for an additional €70,000 annually from Government to fund their helpline.