TD criticises male culture in Dáil

Published: Thursday, August 18, 2011

THE CULTURE of Irish men was sometimes reflected poorly in the Dáil, Anne Ferris, recently elected Labour TD for Wicklow, told the Parnell Summer School yesterday.

"Indeed we need only look back a few weeks to the comment made by three Independent TDs about a female colleague in Fine Gael [Mary Mitchell O'Connor] to instance this culture,'' she added.

Ms Ferris said she looked forward to the day when an electoral campaign could be based more around ideas and ideals and not the amount of money one could throw into a campaign.

"In terms of childcare, I know first-hand the difficulties of trying to enter into a life in politics while bringing up children,'' she added.

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