International Women’s Day

Places such as maternity hospitals and the family law courts, where women are most likely to need physical privacy and comfort, are the least likely to provide them

Four Northern poets have been inspired by the real cases of 19th-century women caught up in the criminal justice system

Banshee is a new collection of stories by contemporary women authors that retell Ireland’s myths and legends through a feminist lens

The numbers show pay gaps are lower when the chief executive is a woman. Shame there are so few of them

The real star of the show is a sanity-troubled canine companion to the owner of the longest legs in Belgravia

The author has spent almost 25 years focusing on young-adult and children’s fiction. In the Movie of Her Life is her first collection of stories for adults

Talk of a new Ireland is one thing, but it must focus on improving people’s lives to be worth anything, women declare in Longford

The world-renowned author is back in the public eye with new novel Dream Count on the shelves, and determined to live life on her terms

Time to pay tribute to the sisters who are not trailblazers in science, politics or entertainment but are taking no more crap from anyone

This century has brought us many landmark moments, provided by remarkable Irish women who are an inspiration to others

Anonymous sheela-na-gig artists will reveal a new series of plaques from today

To mark International Women’s Day, meet four Mayo women who are leading wine specialists

Sarah Healy and Kate O’Connor among those in contention in the Netherlands amid strong competition

A retired Supreme Court judge, a barrister and a GP say things have improved for professional women, yet they face ongoing challenges

Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland to hold lunch to mark International Women’s Day and celebrate its female members

Beyond the cheery ‘momfluencer’ aesthetic, motherhood can be hard, lonely and financially challenging. But can society change for the better?

Slow start to voting in Stoneybatter in Dublin as local residents have their say in ‘family’ and ‘care’ referendums

A special movie quiz in honour of International Women’s Day 2024

The Mosuo people of southwest China are among the few surviving matrilineal societies, where spouses often live apart

From a former hunger striker immersed in the supernatural, to a writer more censored than John McGahern, Sinéad Gleeson selects six women writers who shouldn’t be forgotten any longer

It is estimated that just 2-3 per cent of founders in the Irish whiskey sector are female

Don’t wait for someone else to do it – grab your power tools and whip your home into shape

With the industry ‘becoming more of an even split’, female wine experts in Ireland talk about their rewarding careers

A project designed by the RCSI aims to improve survival rates for women in Malawi diagnosed with breast cancer

Those at the top in the commercial and residential real-estate sectors on their careers and how things could still improve

A special quiz in honour of International Women’s Day 2024

It’s hypocritical to talk of women’s achievements when State fails to provide most basic health facilities, says Independent Deputy Verona Murphy

Three women who have taken exceptional paths explain what drives them, and what challenges them, as they go about their work in law

Jen Hogan: I’m determined to find an activity that will help me get fit and stronger. One that doesn’t revolve around the Queen Vic

Cathy Sweeney discovered we have come to accept money as universal sign and signifier of value, which means there is less and less choice to live a life not driven by it

In the lead-up to International Women’s Day, we asked students from St Louis High School in Rathmines, Co Dublin, to discuss the women who inspire them

Ahead of International Women’s Day, 10 women tell us about the female leaders who paved their way

Playwright and activist Rosaleen McDonagh says: ‘The far-right stuff is on my doorstep...I didn’t think people would be burning buildings and blocking libraries. That scares the living daylights out of me’

One of Ireland’s relatively few women undertakers reflects on how Ireland’s culture of death has changed over the decades

The usual research has been trotted out to back up marriage as the superior family structure, blurring the lines between causation and correlation

John Wilson: Heidi Schröck, Beatrice Contini Bonacossi, Lynne Coyle and Barbara Boyle are at the top of their game

Frances Fitzgerald recently had to go to gardaí over threat to sons while sexism still a day-to-day reality

We are offered assurances that nothing much will change - and passionate claims that the amendments are important

There is a hierarchy of legal protection with marriage at the top

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