Elaine Loughlin: Ireland is no country to be a woman

The Mother and baby homes report continues to pay lip service to women but fails to fully listen or bring about real equality
Elaine Loughlin: Ireland is no country to be a woman

Even now, single mothers are discriminated against as detailed by this newspaper in recent months, and a marked gender pay gap still exists.

Burnreacht na hÉireann firmly puts women in their place.

Our Constitution, penned in 1937 by a hand that was tightly guided by the Catholic Church, permitted and arguably encouraged a toxic patriarchal society that locked away women and farmed out their babies.

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