'Crucial lack of implementation' in making political system gender-equal, report finds

Report in 2009 recommended Five C's to be tracked to see how friendly politics had become for women — Childcare, Cash, Confidence, Culture, and Candidate Selection, but found just one scored an A rating

Ciara Phelan at the Count Her In conference, which took place at Cork City Concert Hall on Friday. Picture: Brian Lougheed

There is a "crucial lack of implementation" of measures aimed at making Ireland's political system gender -qual, a new report has found.

The Women For Election group released three pieces of research into the issue on Friday, with one tracking implementation of the 2009 Women's Participation in Politics Report, also known as the Bacik Report.