Clodagh Finn: A woman’s toolkit for change for the next 100 years

As we mark International Women’s Day, a new book looks at how women overcame the barriers and restrictions imposed on them

Noirin Ni Riain: 'I’ve mellowed in so many ways, taken life as it comes. Living a much more compassionate life, an interfaith life.'

Before we go forward, let us cast a glance back on this, the eve of International Women’s Day.

As a young child, the theologian and acclaimed singer Nóirín Ní Riain spent her Sundays “saying Mass” in her parents’ bedroom, dispensing Silvermints as Holy Communion to imaginary parishioners.