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Category: Press Releases
Published: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Most of our trips in Ireland are taken by car, but 68% of all trips are for distances of less than 10km. (National Household Travel Survey (2023) Providing active and public transport is key to tackling the climate emergency but to achieve...
Published: Wednesday, March 16, 2016
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has today called the childcare crisis to be a red line issue in Programme for Government negotiations, and for the new government to increase and ring fence spending in early years...
Published: Tuesday, March 15, 2016
NWCI has today expressed grave concern that the accessor to the symphysiotomy scheme, Maureen Harding Clark, has reaffirmed her intention to shred applicants unclaimed records after March 20th. Orla O’Connor, Director of NWCI said: “These records constitute...
Published: Wednesday, February 17, 2016
The Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, with a platform of 50 organisations, has reiterated the importance of including a referendum in the next programme for government. Commenting at their pre-election press conference today, Ailbhe Smyth, Convenor of the Coalition said: ...
Published: Wednesday, February 03, 2016
In response to media reports today highlighting the degrading and inhumane treatment of a woman who had to travel to the UK twice to terminate her pregnancy due to a fatal foetal abnormality, the National Women’s Council of...
Published: Friday, January 29, 2016
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomes the comments made by the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, yesterday that abortion should be permitted if there is significant risk to the health of a woman, not just in...
Published: Friday, January 22, 2016
In response to childcare proposals put forward by Sinn Fein today and the Labour party last week, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today welcomed their move to make tackling the high costs of childcare a central...
Published: Wednesday, January 06, 2016
On Nollaig na mBan, also known as Women’s Little Christmas, the day women traditionally take off to get together after Christmas while men are left at home to do the housework, the National Women’s Council of...
Published: Thursday, December 03, 2015
Young women from across Ireland will gather for a sold out #FemFest in Croke Park, Dublin this Friday, 4th December. #FemFest is a conference about young women and for young women (16 – 24 years) by the National Women’s Council...
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Why are the majority of experts and guests on radio male? And why are women allocated shorter air time than their male counterparts? These questions and more are addressed in “Hearing Women’s Voices?” a study which...
Published: Thursday, November 05, 2015
Today, Ireland signed the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, also known as Istanbul Convention. In response, Orla O’Connor, Director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland said, ...
Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
In response to Minister of Justice, Frances Fitzgerald’s speech on Budget 2016, Orla O’Connor, Director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) said, “We welcome the increased allocation of funding to NWCI which...
In response to Budget 2016 today, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomed positive movement on a number of key areas highlighted by our members, including childcare and decent work, but also stated that the proposed measures still...
Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2015
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomes the publication today of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill that aims to strengthen our laws on tackling all forms of violence against women and girls, however is very concerned at...
Published: Monday, September 14, 2015
Women’s economic situation has deteriorated significantly over recent years in Ireland. The Gender Pay Gap has widened from 12.6% to 14.4%. Women in couples lost 14% of their income during the recession compared to 9% for men. A majority of low...
Published: Monday, September 07, 2015
Following extensive coverage in both national and local press over the weekend on Ireland’s current childcare crisis, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has today reiterated its calls for the introduction of a Scandinavian childcare...
Published: Thursday, September 03, 2015
In a letter this week to the Minister for Health, Dr. Leo Varadkar, TD, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has called for resourcing of initiatives in Budget 2016 for a health care service that responds better to...
Published: Monday, August 31, 2015
In a letter this week to the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government Alan Kelly, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has called for urgently-needed funding to be restored to women’s community groups in...
Published: Thursday, August 20, 2015
In a letter sent to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today called for the introduction of an affordable quality childcare infrastructure, complemented by paid leave to...
Published: Tuesday, July 21, 2015
The National Women’s Council of Ireland today said that while a proposed 50c increase in the Minimum Wage does not go far enough, the Government must act immediately to ensure it is implemented. NWCI also called for stronger...
Published: Thursday, July 16, 2015
At the National Economic Dialogue today, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) called on the Government to prioritise investment in essential public services and infrastructure, particularly childcare, and reduce inequalities between women and men in Budget 2016. Prioritise...
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