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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...

Drogheda Independent : Interest in ‘Spot the Woman’ initiative

Published: Tuesday, September 15, 2009

NEW initiative entitled 'Spot the Woman' is set to become an issue in Europe - all thanks to a meeting at the d Hotel in Drogheda!As part of the visit of the European Commission Vice President Margot Wallstrom to...

Irish Examiner : Women’s lobby revolts against Child Benefit Cuts

Published: Wednesday, September 09, 2009

A PUBLIC campaign to fight the Government's plans to cut child benefit is to be escalated by the lobby representing 300,000 women.The revolt by the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) will pile pressure on the Government after it meets...

Irish Times : Bank drops ‘exotic’ dancers scheme

Published: Wednesday, September 09, 2009

MANAGEMENT AT Ulster Bank were yesterday forced to withdraw a promotion in which students were offered tickets for an "exotic" show for opening a new account.First year students at the Institute of Technology Tallaght in south Dublin were also...

Spot the Woman

Published: Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Speaking at the launch of the National Women's Council of Ireland's "No Going Back" campaign last night, Sallyann Kinahan, deputy general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, said that those making decisions in this country were overwhelmingly "male,...

Irish Times : Ulster Bank drops exotic offer

Published: Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Ulster Bank was today forced to withdraw a promotion in which students were offered tickets for an "exotic" show for opening a new account.First year students at the Institute of Technology Tallaght in south Dublin were also offered €100 in...

Irish Times : Cut in Child Benefit may ‘force’ low paid women out of work

Published: Tuesday, September 08, 2009

REDUCING OR taxing child benefit could force women on low pay out of work as they would not be able to meet childcare costs, the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) said last night.Maintaining universal child benefit at current...

Irish Independent : Child allowance cut now likely as taxing option is too difficult

Published: Monday, September 07, 2009

CHILD benefit payments look increasingly likely to be cut in the next Budget.The Commission on Taxation has recommended that the payment be taxed, but it acknowledges that there are huge difficulties in taxing the benefit.View full article »

irish Times : New gender ratio for medicine defended

Published: Sunday, September 06, 2009

THERE WAS "no great sinister plot" in the changed gender ratio in offers for medical degree courses, the head of academic medicine at Trinity College Dublin has said.Prof Shaun McCann was defending his support for the 52 female to 48 male...

Irish Times : Families to protest over child benefit

Published: Sunday, September 06, 2009

Families are to hold a protest march over the Commission on Taxation's proposal to tax child benefit on Saturday, Setptember 19th.The march is being organised by the Protest Against Child Unfriendly Budget (PACUB) and Alliance Against Cuts groups and...

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