Ireland near bottom of EU for proportion of women in politics

Ireland has one of the lowest numbers of women in parliament in the EU and is in the bottom half of the world rankings.

The slight increase following the general election saw women take 25 of the 166 seats, up from 22 in the previous Dáil.

At just over 15%, Ireland is 23rd of the 27 EU countries, and worldwide ranks 53 out of 95 countries — coming just above Burkina Faso and Albania.