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1. Sparks fly over sexy Ryanair Calendar, Irish Independent, 12th November 2009
Excerpt: …RYANAIR was accused last night of a "serious lack of imagination" after the airline insisted its 2010 cabin crew calendar was "art".The new calendar, featuring two Irish employees, is more risque than previous editions.The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) said the no-frills carrier was "irredeemably old-fashioned" for using images…
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Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland is hitting out at Ryanair over its latest cabin crew calendar.The 2010 calendar - which includes two Irish employees - features scantily clad women and claims to be the most provocative edition yet.http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/womens-council-criticise-ryanairs-latest-calender-433970.html#ixzz0XbmN7kRd
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3. NWCI reaction to proposals on child benefit
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) responded to the Minister of Social and Family Affairs, Mary Hanafin's proposals to create three different bands for Child Benefit payments as fundamentally flawed as there is no recognition for the costs of childcare to families. 'At a time when it is reported…
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Excerpt: …Reviewed by NWCI director, Susan McKay'I'm not a humanitarian. I'm a hellraiser.' So said Mother Jones, born on the northside of Cork, raised in Canada, and denounced in the US senate as 'the grandmother of all agitators' and by a judge as 'the most dangerous woman in America'.By her own…
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5. Child Benefit means-test ‘flawed’, Evening Herald, 11th November 2009
Excerpt: …Proposals to means test child benefit payments in the Budget are fundamentally flawed and could force women out of work, a leading lobby group has claimed.The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) said Government has made no attempt to recognise the costs of childcare to families during the recession.Orla O'Connor,…
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6. National Women’s Council joins National Day of Protest, 6th November 2009
Excerpt: …On Friday the 6th November the National Women's Council of Ireland and its members throughout Ireland took part in the ICTU Get Up Stand Up Protest marches. We called on Government to protect women, families and communities and to recognize that those who benefited least from the Celtic Tiger years…
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Excerpt: …NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF IRELANDPRESS STATEMENTFor immediate releaseThursday 05.11.09 Women ready and willing to bring an end to Gentlemen's Club politics, says National Women's Council of Ireland."Women are ready, willing and able to enter and change the Gentlemen's Club that is Dail Eireann," said the director of the National Women's…
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9. Conference hears benefits to criminalising purchase of sex
Excerpt: …Breaking NewsConference hears benefits to criminalising purchase of sex05/11/2009 - 09:52:43A major conference on sex trafficking being held in Dublin this week has heard that the only way to end the exploitation of women is to criminalise the buyers of sex. International approaches to policing sex trafficking are being discussed…
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10. CAMA Community Asset Management Agency Established
Excerpt: …Click here to view the proclamation in PDF format.The Community Development Alliance has set up a new agency to protect the most vulnerable people in Ireland. CAMA aims to protect the Community Development Projects that are being closed down at a time when their services are most needed. Community Development…
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11. Irish Politics a Gentleman’s Club?
Excerpt: …PRESS STATEMENTFor immediate releaseWednesday 04.11.09 IRISH POLITICS A GENTLEMAN'S CLUB? The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) today urged immediate action on the introduction of gender quotas for women in politics. The Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution are currently undertaking a Review of the Electoral System for the Election…
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12. Fury as top golf club wins battle to keep women out, Irish Independent, 4th November 2009
Excerpt: …A leading golf club was last night accused of enforcing 19th century rules after it won a legal bid refusing women full membership.The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the Equality Authority and ruled by a majority of three to two that Portmarnock Golf Club in north Dublin was a…
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13. National Women’s Council urges members to support national protest
Excerpt: …FAO: Dublin Region SIPTU & IMPACT members, community workers & activists. National Protest: Dublin Community Sector Assembly - Friday 6th November, 1.30pm, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Sean Mc Dermot St, Dublin 1. Communities Against CutsGet Up, Stand Up for a better, fairer way Workers and communities are being attacked…
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14. NWCI supports European Women’s Lobby’s Open Letter to EU Heads of State & Government
Excerpt: …Press ReleaseIssuing organization: The European Women's Lobby (EWL) Open letter to the EU Heads of State and Government ahead of the 29-30 October Brussels European Council -Is democratic representation of both women and men too much to ask for in 21st Century Europe? Dear European Heads of State and Government,We,…
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15. ‘Padded Cell & Other Stories’ Mannix Flynn opens new exhibition in Dublin
Excerpt: …Adifferentkettleoffishaltogether.There will be no false apology on any monument to those incarcerated in Irish institutions where brutal child abuse was practised, vowed Mannix Flynn at the launch of his new exhibition, "Padded Cell and Other Stories", in Dublin last night. He was referring to proposals that the former Taoiseach, Bertie…
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Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) joined PACUB (Parents Against Child Unfriendly Budget) at Leinster House this morning to hand over 15,000 signatures to An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen T.D, opposing any cuts or changes to child benefit.'The National Women's Council is delighted to join PACUB today to strongly oppose…
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17. NWCI Director, Susan McKay talks to Prime Time about the increase in domestic violence
Excerpt: …NWCI Director, Susan McKay talks to Prime Time about the sharp increase in the incidence of domestic violence as a result of the recession and the funding threats facing services for women and children trying to escape violence in the home."Because women and children who have been abused in their…
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18. NWCI launches new website and enters the YouTube Era
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland has joined the age of YouTube with an exclusive new poem by renowned poet Rita Ann Higgins. "The Darkness" is a hilarious and penetrating look at Ireland's current economic chaos and is featured on the newly launched NWCI website. "The National Women's Council is…
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19. Work in home leaves women worse off, Report, Irish Times, 20th October 2009
Excerpt: …THE NOTION that work in the home is becoming evenly distributed among the sexes is a myth, the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) has said, with women responsible for 86 per cent of child supervision, 82 per cent of care of adults and 80 per cent of cooking.The disproportionate…
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20. NWCI launches new care publication
Excerpt: …'Who Cares? Challenging the myths about gender and care in Ireland' describes the reality of care work for women and men in Ireland today. Despite the improved position of women in Irish society, care work still remains the primary responsibility of women. The unequal distribution of care work between women…
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