Large group of survivors & families of victims of #genderviolence coming to the gallery for my motion on action on gender violence. They can’t wait any longer for change

Last week, we published our new report on housing – Renting in Ireland. The launch of the report took place at the AV Room in Leinster House. Many thanks to the TDs, Senators, and their reps for attending, and to Threshold and Womenscouncilireland for participating in the panel discussion.

On International Women's Weekend, it is important to recognise that 60,000 women could be lifted out of poverty and disadvantage by the recognition of their key role as carers & early year educators.... and by paying them properly. Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) SIPTU The Labour Party Ireland

📢 Take a Stand for Women’s Rights this #InternationalWomensDay✊ We are fighting every day for a more equal Ireland. Now, more than ever, we must push for change. Join the Feminist Changemakers & help NWC drive meaningful change lght.ly/ge941a0 #FeministChangemaker #IWD

President Michael D. Higgins has sent a message for today's unveiling of a mural to the late Nell McCafferty in Derry on International Women's Day

Amazing march in Dublin today for #IWD — standing with survivors, calling for action on GBV, & saying no greenwashing of Trump with govt visits to a genocidal misogynist & transphobe

This International Women's Day and all year round, we shout from the rooftops: WOMEN DESERVE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. Are you with us?

📢✨To mark AntiRacism Month, NWC & INAR - Irish Network Against Racism are hosting two online lunchtime webinars showcasing the essential work of women leading these efforts. 💡 Webinar 1: Women Organising Against Racism, Hate & Discrimination 📅 26 March ⏰ 12:30 - 14:00 🔗 lght.ly/d2b56cn

Probably the biggest and busiest hospital in Gaza right now was just DIRECTLY HIT by the Israeli military. This atrocity comes days after Human Rights Watch published evidence of Israel’s litany of war crimes against Gaza’s hospitals and called on states to take urgent action.

Tens of thousands march in US against President Trump via @RTENewsv rte.ie/news/2025/0406…

It has been nearly seven weeks since the State of Israel banned the entry of humanitarian aid, medical and commercial supplies, food, vaccines for children and fuel into the #Gaza Strip. The siege must be lifted, crossings must re-open for a steady flow of aid, and the

"Every day that nothing is done is another day of stress for parents" Watch NWC director Orla O'Connor speak to the Irish Times at today's Together for Public #MayDay event, calling on the government to take action and keep their childcare promises #EveryChild #TogetherforPublic

Protest by Womenscouncilireland today outside Dail to demand #publicchildcare. We heard about this continually during the election and it hasn’t been mentioned once since.

Israel has bombed & destroyed all universities & schools in Gaza; closing down UN-run Palestinian schools in Jerusalem comes from the same dark psychopathy & culture of hate.

Don’t show them torn toddler limbs— limbs that once danced, now limp strewn on stone. Nor the surgeon, hands trembling, threading stitches with fear, as another hospital chokes on drones.

Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Tina Satchwell following today’s verdict in the trial for her horrendous murder, & for all they have had to endure over the years. After years without answers, we hope that the verdict finally gives her family a sense of justice.

Gaza--devastation, starvation & slaughter. Israel is deliberately pursuing its genocidal agenda while the world turns a blind eye. Please do not get desensitized. Don't let the Palestinians become invisible. Ceasefire is the least that can & should be done to begin the process of

Conditions in Gaza are beyond disastrous, beyond catastrophic, beyond horrendous, beyond words. May the pain & fear in the eyes of forcibly starved & displaced children & families who have barely survived the genocide haunt all those who are actively committing these atrocities

To all those governments who issue statements of denunciation, condemnation, horror, & even grief at the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, & who “appeal” to the perpetrator to allow some aid into Gaza—please stop. You’re compounding the suffering with your hand-wringing even

As Israelis and Palestinians who live here and are exposed on a daily basis to testimonies and lived realities, it is our duty to speak the truth and say in the clearest way: Israel is committing genocide - this is our genocide. We believe that it is our duty to speak truth from