Irish Examiner view: Odds tipping to equality in gender race

The election of Professor Linda Doyle to be the first female provost to lead Trinity College Dublin means the glass ceiling in Irish universities has been well and truly shattered

Professor Linda Doyle is to become Provost of Trinity College Dublin, the first woman to ever hold this role in the University’s 429-year history. Picture: Paul Sharp/SHARPPIX

Had the beloved singing teacher Veronica Dunne — Ronnie — lived for even another week she would have seen that our world has changed utterly and that no other woman, as she had to, might have to make their talent and ambitions fit around domestic expectations. 

Dunne, who died last week aged 93, had to sacrifice a soaring opera career when she became a mother. The world of international performance was denied her but her work and legacy reverberate. She set standards in music teaching that will outlive her.