Tánaiste’s tirade backfires as Kathleen shows true girl power

SADLY, it would seem Minister for Mass Unemployment Mary Coughlan is determined to do for women power what she has already done for manpower in this country – reduce it greatly.

While the Dáil does languish behind such states as Latvia in terms of female representation, and no one could ever call it feminist friendly, it’s undoubtedly still a bad move to bandy about terms such as “sexism” unless you have the offending chauvinistic piglet firmly by his curly little pink tail.

Otherwise, you just sound a bit silly, and do the cause of female equality no favours into the bargain.