Irish Examiner view: Complacency is the enemy of progress

In the Republic, 39% of respondents strongly or somewhat agreed with the proposition that 'when it comes to giving women equal rights with men, things have gone far enough in my country'

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy TD, front centre, with invited guests on the steps of Leinster House  on Thursday to mark International Women’s Day 2025. Picture: Maxwell’s

Today is International Women’s Day, the celebration of which has been difficult to miss with a plethora of comment articles, features, and musings about the challenges, roles, and responsibilities of more than 50% of the population of Ireland — a proportion which is slightly higher than the world in general.

The genesis for this event has a history of contention. Americans like to claim that they were the progenitors, getting the show up and running in New York in 1909.