Taxpayer-funded nonsense
Serious question here: Why does Emer Higgins’ new bill, which would see companies forced to reserve 40% of the seats on their boards for women, stop at just forty per cent? If you believe, as she clearly does, in the value of legislatively mandated equal representation for the two genders, then why not simply go […]
One of the great things about being a modern, liberated woman is that your autonomy and your right to decide for yourself is respected. We’re all strong, feisty, opinionated and independent women now, smashing the patriarchy and taking no prisoners. The future is female, we’re told. Gone are the days when women were hidebound by convention and told […]
A telling insight into the state of Irish feminism today from the NWCI’s Orla O’Connor, writing in The Irish Times. 800 words or so, she pens, on the work that needs to be done to improve the relative state of Irish womanhood compared to us menfolk, and yet in all that space, she only manages […]
My colleague David Mullins revealed this morning that the National Women’s Council of Ireland received more from a state scheme to support groups that helped the disadvantaged than any other group did – despite the fact that the NWCI provides no services to the public. This should not be a surprise. The entire NGO sector […]
The Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) is administered by Pobal on behalf of the Department of Rural and Community Development. It is described as a key element of that Department’s support for the development of strong and vibrant civil society and “in improving outcomes for those most disadvantaged. It is with that in mind […]