Labour launches bursary to help promote female candidates
The Cork Labour TD was the first woman to hold a senior Cabinet post since the foundation of the State. She served as Health and Social Welfare Minister in the 1980s and then became an MEP.
The Eileen Desmond Leadership Bursary will be presented annually to an aspiring woman candidate for the Labour Party in Dáil, Seanad or local elections. The aim of the €1,000 bursary is to help aspiring politicians to get training and promote the policy of increasing the number of women candidates. Deputy leader Liz McManus and the party’s chairwoman, Breeda Moynihan Cronin, launched the bursary at Leinster House yesterday to coincide with International Women’s Day.
