Mary McAleese

The National Women’s Council of Ireland recently called for the introduction of gender quotas in Irish local elections due to the fact that only 21% of the country’s 949 local councillors are female. In this argument, they pointed out that…

Almost exactly five years ago, I attended the Commission on the Status of Women, an annual event at the UN in New York dedicated to women’s rights. It’s quite a big deal, attracting government officials, politicians and academics as well as…

Something wicked this way comes... It's the Lit Review. Events This Friday, Professor Mary MacAleese will launch Poems of Reposession, the first critical anthology of twentieth century poetry in Irish (with English translations.) The…

May 17th marks the annual observation of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, or as it is otherwise known – IDAHOT. Since 2004, people from all over the globe have been using this day to celebrate the…

This week on Twitter the debate surrounding next month's SSM referendum really got going with campaigners on both sides getting a lot of publicity and making their voices heard. On a less serious note, some new movie trailers got Tweeters…