FF lack of female candidates a ‘big mistake’

FIANNA Fáil’s decision to opt for the old boys network in the European elections, by its failure to nominate any female candidates, was condemned as a big mistake yesterday.

The party is running eight candidates more than any other party including six new contenders. Yet FF is set to be the only political party not to run a woman, making it an entire decade since the party had a female MEP candidate.

The snubbing of women on FF's list of candidates follows the pattern of the Government failing to appoint women to senior positions, the Green Party said, on International Women's Day.