Listen: Clodagh Finn on the female inventors who improved our daily lives

Did you know that many everyday conveniences were invented by women? Margaret E. Knight revolutionised grocery shopping with her flat-bottomed paper bags, while Mary Anderson invented the windscreen wiper

World-renowned botanist Phyllis Clinch in a portrait by Vera Klute, courtesy of the Royal Irish Academy.

Listen to Clodagh Finn read her article

Here’s a story that should be told to every student, regardless of age, or what they are studying.