Welcome to Bernadette McAliskey for beginners

It’s time a new generation of Irish women discovered more about this inspiringrole model, politician and activist, writes Linda Kelly

I HAVE not always been a feminist. In fact, there was a time when I was very actively not a feminist and believed the whole concept was as dead as the Dodo. That was in 2008. Only three years ago. So what happened? I got into politics is what happened.

In my final year of college I was elected Equality Officer to the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and moved to Dublin. Having come from an all-girl primary school, an all-girl secondary school and an all-girl college course, moving into a predominantly male environment was a culture shock.