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Irish Examiner : Choices or barriers? A response to Matt Cooper

Published: Sunday, October 04, 2009

Senator Ivana Bacik5th October 2009Last Wednesday, at a protest against cutbacks outside the Dáil, Susan McKay of the National Women's Council made a speech which provoked some controversy. I was at the protest and heard her say, accurately,...

Irish Examiner : Battle of the sexes has no place in the fight to fix this economy

Published: Thursday, October 01, 2009

More men than women have lost their jobs during the downturn, particularly in the construction sector - and please let no one pretend that working on the sites in all weathers is somehow easier than cleaning the Dáil, especially...

Irish Times : Catholics and Protestants see human rights differently

Published: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

PROTESTANTS AND Catholics have markedly different views on the question of individual rights and the need to protect them, the McCluskey Civil Rights Summer School was told.Dr John Kyle, a Belfast councillor and member of the Progressive Unionist Party,...

Clare Champion On-Line : Clare Women’s Network faces uncertain future

Published: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Women in Clare will be left without a voice if the Clare Women's Network is forced to close because of Government cutbacks, the director of the National Women's Council of Ireland, Susan McKay has warned.View full article »

Women say no going back…NWCI join with community sector to march against proposed cuts

Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Susan McKay, Director of the NWCI speaking from the platform of today's national march of community workers, employers and activists, protesting against proposed cuts to community projects across the country, said 'Women didn't get the power or the wealth during...

Business and Leadership Magazine : Cutbacks mean more women unemployed

Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Cutbacks proposed in the McCarthy report, along with others which pre-dated it, would push women out of the workforce and into welfare dependency and poverty, Susan McKay, director of the National Women's Council of Ireland, said today.She was speaking...

Irish Times : Thousands march over cuts in Dublin

Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Thousands of community workers, employers and activists took to the streets of Dublin.The Communities against Cuts campaign said an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 people marched from Parnell Square to Molesworth Street before holding a rally outside the Dáil. Women's groups...

Speech by Susan McKay, NWCI Director, at the Trade Union March Against Cuts in the Community and Vol

Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009

A very proud and particular welcome from the National Women's Council of Welcome to all of the women here today - Mothers, sisters, wives, partners daughters - Mna na hEirinn out to rock the world again.There never would have...

Irish Times : 1,500 protest over cuts and NAMA

Published: Sunday, September 20, 2009

SOME 1,500 people marched in protest at proposed Government cuts and the planned National Assets Management Agency (Nama), in Dublin at the weekend.One of a series of protests, it was supported by Sinn Féin, the People Before Profit Alliance,...

Irish Times : 11,000 sign Child Benefit allowance petition

Published: Saturday, September 19, 2009

SOME 11,000 parents and other concerned citizens have signed a petition against any change in the child benefit allowance.In both online and handwritten petitions which are addressed to Taoiseach Brian Cowen, the families say that they oppose the introduction of...

The Fingal Independent : Call for more women to enter politics

Published: Friday, September 18, 2009

PRESSURE group for the rights of women has called for a quota system to bring more women into politics at local level after the local elections saw a slide in the number of women councillors nationwide.A survey by the...

Irish Times : Thousands protest over NAMA cuts

Published: Friday, September 18, 2009

Up to 2,000 people marched in Dublin yesterday in protest at proposed Government cuts and the planned National Assets Management Agency (Nama).The protest was supported by Sinn Féin, the People Before Profit Alliance, a number of socialist groups, trade...

European Commission Website : EU President Jose Manuel Barrosso visits Limerick

Published: Thursday, September 17, 2009

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso will be in Limerick today (Saturday) where he will have the opportunity to meet with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs and the city's Mayor and to engage in open discussion with students...

Labour Party Website : Lisbon has the potential to improve women’s lives

Published: Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Speaking at a National Women's Council of Ireland meeting in the Mansion House Dublin on the Lisbon Treaty this morning, Dublin Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa said the treaty contained a number of specific measures that had the potential to...

The Sunday Times : The State should reward women, not treat them as second class citizens

Published: Tuesday, September 15, 2009

I was due to have the annual feminist lunch next week with the late Nuala Fennell. Last year, our lunch group comprised Nuala, Mary Kenny and Mairin de Burca. Before we got down to the business of gossip, we asked...

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