Aoife Moore: Why is Sinn Féin's large female representation crumbling? 

With more high-profile resignations of female representatives than the other two put together in the last two Dáil terms, Sinn Féin appears to be pushing women out

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Northern Ireland deputy first minister Michelle O'Neill: It may be a party led by two impressive women, but it very much appears that whatever environment Sinn Féin is fostering in its corridor of Leinster House, it is pushing other women out. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

It may be a party led by two impressive women, but it very much appears that whatever environment Sinn Féin is fostering in its corridor of Leinster House, it's pushing other women out.

It is a fact that Sinn Féin is the party with the biggest female representation, with 13 women elected to the Dáil.