women for election

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…

In 2012, former Environment Minister Phil Hogan introduced legislation stating that all political parties running in the next general election must ensure at least 30% of their candidates are female. Any party failing to comply with this…