Nicola Sturgeon’s exit

Gender quotas should be extended from national elections to the 2024 local government elections to ensure Ireland is in line with other European countries, new research has recommended.

Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins was the first woman to represent Galway in Dáil Éireann and served as a TD for 20 years

Cork county councillor Sinead Sheppard, a mother of three, has welcomed the announcement that local councillors will be entitled to maternity leaveMs Sheppard, who became a councillor 13 years ago at the age of 27 and has had all three of her ...

Looking around the world right now, you'd wonder if more women in power would provide a better alternative to the self-aggrandising egotism that has us in the state we're in

Violet-Anne Wynne felt all was not well in Sinn Féin even after it nominated her to contest the Clare seat in 2020 — but it started getting even worse after she topped the poll, she says now

Limerick City TD apologised for 'repulsive and degrading' remarks about councillor Elisa O'Donovan but the minister says the party should further sanction him for his behaviour

Violence and abuse should never be the price that women pay to be in politics on equal terms with men, writes Claire McGing