International Women’s Day

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the News podcast: Ireland goes to the polls on March 8th in vote to change Constitution

Low turnout, misinformation and a shaky campaign are the main threats, political experts say

Referendums on March 8th propose to remove constitutional reference to role of women in the home and expand definition of family

Constitutional law expert Dr Laura Cahilane said proposed amendment had ‘completely fudged’ opportunity

International Women’s Day may be chosen as the polling day for proposal to delete references in the Constitution to ‘women’s duties in the home’

We have come a long way but there is still much to do to facilitate greater participation

Higgins’s comments come in wake of debate regarding transgender education in schools

Female TDs give out about injustice while the men give shout-outs to their mammies

Hundreds of people marched through Dublin City Centre on Wednesday evening to mark International Women’s Day

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns says issues raised on International Women’s Day will likely remain this time next year

The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle

Increasing women’s employment could add almost €50 billion to Irish economy, says PwC

We’re objectifying Irish women but in an illuminating, celebratory way to mark International Women’s Day 2023

Women must be given 'realistic opportunities’ to take up senior roles, says Marian Ryan, director at Taxback.com

It's not right that people who work in essential, female-dominated industries are deemed to be worth less than unskilled construction labourers

The day brings a welcome focus on strong and inspiring women - but it is what happens the other 364 days of the year that is important

On International Women’s Day we shine a light on cultural trailblazers and the contemporary creatives they helped to inspire

The composer’s new work for Finding a Voice, the festival of music by women, is inspired by more than a century of activism

For International Women’s Day, these trailblazing women who have witnessed - or caused - societal changes share their experience and advice to younger generations

Women ‘being held back’ by prohibitive cost of taking discrimination, harassment cases

‘I long for the day when we don’t have to celebrate how fabulous we are,’ says former rugby international

It feels like the time is now. So join one of the many events celebrating women