Nollaig na mBan exhibition aims to capture essence of female empowerment

Empower Her is the work of Linda Hanlon, who hopes her collection of portraits and accompanying limited-edition book captures the essence of female empowerment in modern Ireland

Zainab Boladale, the first person of African heritage to work in the RTÉ newsroom, features in portrait exhibition Empower Her.

The timing is perfect. Not only does Empower Her, a new portrait exhibition celebrating the extraordinary women of Ireland, open on Nollaig na mBan (Women’s Christmas), it also offers new year advice that doesn’t involve turning yourself inside out.

Take these encouraging words from one of the 54 subjects, Commander Roberta O’Brien: “Nobody’s perfect, we learn from failures … Failure is success turned inside out.”