Party becomes more female-friendly

WOMEN will have a greater say in all decisions made by Fianna Fáil’s power structures after a series of proposals were approved at the weekend.

Delegates passed several motions aimed at making the party more gender-balanced. It came after a series of internal rows in recent weeks about Fianna Fáil’s failure to select women candidates.

At a selection convention in Cork East, local councillor Mary Linehan Foley criticised the party’s lack of gender balance after failing to win a nomination. In Cork South Central, councillor Deirdre Forde rejected pleadings from party headquarters not to stand for selection. She, too, failed to secure a nomination.