Published: Thursday, June 09, 2016
Ireland’s prohibition and criminalisation of abortion services violated the human rights of a woman living in Ireland and caused her “intense physical and mental suffering” according to a ground-breaking ruling from the United Nations Human Rights...read more
Published: Friday, May 06, 2016
• 4 women appointed to Cabinet, the same number as 2011 • A missed opportunity by An Taoiseach to honour pre-election commitment to a 50:50 Cabinet • Former NWCI Chairperson and former NWCI CEO hold Cabinet positions Following the announcement of the...read more
Published: Thursday, May 05, 2016
Last December Taoiseach Enda Kenny pledged to appoint equal numbers of women and men in cabinet if Fine Gael is returned to power. This commitment was echoed by Michéal Martin in a letter to the National Women...read more
Published: Friday, April 29, 2016
In response to reports that the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group is refusing to allow submission of the planning application for the new National Maternity Hospital to be co-located on the St Vincent’s University Hospital site, unless...read more
Published: Thursday, April 28, 2016
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) congratulates Alice Mary Higgins on her election to Seanad Éireann. Alice Mary is currently Policy and Campaigns Officer with NWCI and took leave to campaign in the NUI Seanad election. ...read more
Published: Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Over the coming months Ireland will be examined by the UN under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and will be required to report on how it promotes women’s right to...read more
Published: Tuesday, April 05, 2016
In response to media reports that a woman in Northern Ireland received a suspended sentence for procuring abortion pills over the Internet, Orla O'Connor, Director of NWCI said, "NWCI condemns the suspended sentence for the woman in Northern Ireland....read more
Published: Wednesday, March 23, 2016
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today called for the medical records of the 700 women who applied to the Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme to be automatically returned to survivors. Orla O’Connor, Director of NWCI said, &ldquo...read more
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...read more
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...read more
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: ...read more
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...read more
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...read more
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...read more
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...read more
