Kenny is way behind the curve on women’s role in politics

THE birds are angry. That is good news. Their anger can be put to good use.

When Taoiseach Enda Kenny decided to diss the political sisters in his recent junior reshuffle he raised the ire of female Fine Gael TDs, those of other political hues and indeed the wider female population. The (male) Dáil wags quickly came up with the tag “Angry Birds” to describe the disaffected rump, after the popular computer game.

Yes it was offensive, but also indeed funny. The very fact the female TDs can be lumped in as a group in this manner gets to the nub of what a minority women are in the Dáil, and in power.