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

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.