Funding to support women councillors
Funding has been announced by the Minister for Local Government to help women councillors set up regional caucuses or groups. The total allocation is €62,000. €5,000 is to go to a number of counties, including Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. The funding is in response to applications from the Association for…
Call for more women to be local authority chief executives
In Connacht/Ulster, there is no local government CEO job filled by a woman. Now, a Fianna Fail TD is calling for steps to be taken to ensure there are more women in the chief executive role. Longford/Westmeath Deputy Robert Troy says only 28 per cent of chief executives in local…
‘The Voice of Women — 100 years of achievement?’ Exhibition Launch at Lissadell
Listen back to this podcast of Arts House, Barbara-Rose visits launch of the ‘The Voice of Women — 100 years of achievement?’ an exhibition at Lissadell on Thursday 11th April. The event was opened by Fianna Fáil party leader Micheál Martin TD, same party which suffrage leader Countess Constance Marcievicz…
Arts House Podcast : Brand new exhibition to be launched at Lissadelll
In this podcast of Arts House, Barbara-Rose speaks with Lissadell House resident and co-founder of the ‘THE VOICE OF WOMEN –100 YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT?’ exhibition. Constance Cassidy talks about the upcoming launch of the event which will take place Lissadell and looks to welcome TD Michael Martin. The exhibition will…
Protest to highlight plight of pensioners losing out because they had to leave workforce
The cases of pensioners who are losing out on various entitlements because they had to leave the workforce early will be highlighted at a protest in Dublin this morning. Most of those affected are women, many in the north west, who took time off work to care for children or…