Joyce Fegan: The reason more women aren’t running for election

Women carry out 70% of the family care work in the houses in Ireland, while 70% of the candidates for the governing house of our country are men, writes Joyce Fegan

Joyce Fegan: The reason more women aren’t running for election

Women carry out 70% of the family care work in the houses in Ireland, while 70% of the candidates for the governing house of our country are men, writes Joyce Fegan

Where I live, the lampposts are littered with election literature. Poster after poster competes for my attention.

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