
Brian Sheehan
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Work w/ @women4election for full participation by women in Irish politics. Previously @SocDems, GLEN, @yesequality2015 & co-Chair @ILGAEurope Tweets personal
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Looks like 44 women will be elected - 25% of all 174. An increase, but nowhere near where we need to be. Lots of discussion needed as to why the quota requirement is not resulting in the required numbers being elected to reflect the community. Women for Election #votemorewomen








Great to hear the issue of gender balance in Cabinet raised on Morning Ireland today with Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD Can you put the question to Party Leaders and to men from Government Parties also? Gender balance is not just a woman's issue. rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…





Delighted to see Eileen Ní Fhloinn continue to pave the way for Traveller women in the Oireachtas! 🗳️👏

With Ireland 99th in the world for the number of women in parliament what next for #morewomen Listen to WfE chair, Aldagh McDonogh, Jennifer Bray & Hugh Linehan dicuss the challenges & some solutions to having a better politics with a balance of men and women involved #MoreWomen


Our David Carroll participating in a panel here at #MarRef10 “Community is Resistance: Building Networks for Change”. Along with Niamh Hope and Courage Collective Bernardine Dundalk Outcomers under the watchful eye of Ailbhe Smyth



Today Aengus O Snodaigh TD and the combined opposition represented by Pádraig Rice TD, Roderic O’Gorman TD, Conor Sheehan TD, Paul Murphy 🇵🇸 & Catherine Connolly introduced a Bill in #Dail to expedite #Disregard of men convicted under Ireland's anti-gay laws. Media release: shorturl.at/ftNgC
