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The National Women’s Council of Ireland: promoting rights & equality
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📢EXCITING NEWS: We’re delighted to announce that Corinne Hasson will be taking up the position of NWC’s Executive Director in the coming months.

Learn more about Corrinne and read our press release: www.nwci.ie/learn/articl...
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Congratulations to Catherine Connolly on her election as the 10th President of Ireland

She becomes the third woman to hold the office

NWC extends our best wishes to President Connolly for her term as President

#PresidentialElection2025
October 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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“I think we need to reclaim the flag and celebrate it for what it is: peace & unity.”

Thought provoking article showing how community groups & artists are using murals & grassroots activism to challenge far-right narratives & create welcoming spaces for migrants

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
‘I will not be intimidated by our Tricolour’: The women pushing back against the far right
Welcome murals can become greeting cards, saying: ‘You are seen, you belong, you matter’
www.irishtimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Today NWC is proud to join Le Cheile and United Against Racism at their Anti-Racism Carnival, meeting outside the Hugh Lane Gallery at 12:45pm before the march at 1pm from the Garden of Remembrance to the Custom House

We’d love to see our members and supporters there
September 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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💜 LAST CHANCE TO APPLY - DEADLINE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT📢

The National Women’s Council, Ireland’s largest feminist organisation, is recruiting our next Executive Director.

💜 If this sounds like you – or someone you know – apply today and spread the word.

Apply here: www.nwci.ie/learn/articl...
September 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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The National Women’s Council is seeking a new Executive Director. A chance to lead Ireland’s largest feminist organisation at a pivotal time. Based in Dublin. Apply by 24 Sept 2025: buff.ly/4jBEoG3 @nwc.bsky.social
Executive Director - Charity Careers Ireland
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www.charitycareersjobs.ie
September 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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NWC is at the launch of Ireland's 4th National Action Plan Women Peace & Security 2025-2030

The Observatory on VAW contributed to the consultation & validation process.

AkiDwA is making a contribution on inclusion of migrant women voices & survivor led organisations
September 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Our All-island Women's Forum leadership event in Belfast has brought together feminist activists, political and community leaders to explore forms of feminist leadership and how to increase women's political representation North and South.
September 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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💜 Are you a Feminist Leader?
If so… read on! 👩‍💼🌟📢

✨ The National Women’s Council (NWC), Ireland’s largest feminist organisation, is seeking a new Executive Director

We’re looking for a visionary leader to work with our Board, staff & allies to advance feminist change

www.nwci.ie/learn/articl...
September 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Yesterday, NWC Director, Orla O’Connor Appeared on @drivetime.bsky.social to discuss NWC’s call for the Government to deliver a public system of early childhood education and care, amid media reports that creches and childcare facilities are being left empty or converted by developers.
September 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Govt considering reforms to planning laws that require developers to provide fully workable creche facilities in new housing estates, after reports that many mandated childcare units remain empty/ are repurposed due to high fit-out costs/ poor design

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
August 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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We are seeking a Women’s Health Coordinator to lead policy development, design and implement advocacy campaigns, and conduct research aligned with NWC’s Strategic Plan.

Deadline: August 27

Apply here: www.nwci.ie/learn/articl...

#JobFairy #IrishJobs #HealthJobs #FeministJobs
August 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Despite childcare being a major election issue post Budget 2025 , today's Irish Examiner article states that fees for 1 in 5 families have actually risen since the vote, and the Government’s commitment to a €200 monthly cap remains vague and under-resourced.

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
August 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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“Across Cork city and county, calls rose from 3,932 in 2020 to 5,664 in 2024 an increase of 44%.”

New Garda data shows domestic abuse calls in Cork have surged by 44% since 2020, with over 26,000 calls made in the past 5 years.

www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
Domestic abuse calls in Cork up by 44% since 2020
Across Cork city and county, calls rose from 3,932 in 2020 to 5,664 in 2024 (the latest year for which there are complete figures), an increase of ...
www.echolive.ie
August 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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📢 We're Hiring: Social Prescribing Project Lead
🕓 4 days | 💼 18-month contract | 📍 Hybrid (Dublin office Tue & Wed)
This is a fantastic opportunity to shape real change in community health through a feminist, equality-focused lens
Apply: www.nwci.ie/learn/articl...

#JobFairy
July 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Plans for a student accommodation facility on the site of a former Magdalene laundry in Cork have been paused following objections, with one objector calling on the council & State to respect “the nationally recognised horrors of the mother & baby home”

www.thejournal.ie/plans-for-co...
Plans for 950-bed Cork student accommodation on former Magdalene laundry site put on hold
An Coimisiún Pleanála has received four separate appeals against the recent decision of Cork City Council to grant planning permission for the development.
www.thejournal.ie
July 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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“The lesson for Ireland is clear: childcare must be treated as a public good.”

Great read in yesterday’s @Independent_ie on costs of childcare & how shifting to a publicly delivered model could ensure women's full participation

Read more: www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

#TogetherforPublic
‘I started looking when I was three months’ pregnant and was told there’s a two-year waiting list’ – counting the true cost of childcare
For parents like Aoife Whelan, a mother-of-two living in Sallins, Co Kildare, Ireland’s childcare crisis begins before their child is even born. “I had to take a full year off for my first baby, as th...
www.independent.ie
July 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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CEO of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Rachel Morrogh writing in today’s Irish Times on the removal of the “honest belief” rape defence, which is a persistent barrier to rape victims to access justice.
Read the full article: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
#EndVAW
Opinion: The ‘honest belief’ defence in rape cases rewards ignorance and insensitivity
There is no other type of crime in which an accused person can rely on their own interpretation of events - even if there is no reasonable explanation for their belief
www.irishtimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Great to see that an overdue inquiry has begun into the historic prescribing of sodium valproate, an antiepileptic drug that can lead to congenital conditions if used during pregnancy.

Read more: lght.ly/8kb116k

#WomensHealthMatters
'The real work starts now': Long-awaited inquiry into drug that causes birth defects begins
The inquiry will have three strands and invite those impacted by sodium valproate to give oral statements from September.
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July 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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This morning, NWC Director Orla O'Connor, attended a consultation to discuss the development of a new strategy to support the community and voluntary sector.

Many thanks to Minister for Community Development and Charities, Jerry Buttimer, for his time
July 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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As a revised #NationalDevelopmentPlan is published, it is important to highlight the urgent need for investment in social infrastructure & public services, such as #PublicChildcare, which would be a game changer for women & families.
Read NWC’s PBS 2026: www.nwci.ie/images/uploa...
July 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Our thoughts are with the family & friends of Anna Mooney following today’s sentencing of her husband, who has been found guilty of her murder.

We hope this sentence brings a sense of justice to her loved ones after the hardship they have endured these past two years.

#EndVAW
July 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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3 in 5 breast cancer patients in the ROI face financial & mental stress, an all-island study has found.
The study recommends adopting an all-island approach to cancer & looking at financial supports for patients in the Republic.

Read more: www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

#WomensMentalHealth
Three out of five breast cancer patients in Republic face financial and mental stress
Ninety per cent of patients in the North and 86% in the Republic suffering mental stress
www.irishexaminer.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Today NWC are at the Department of Social Protection's Pre-Budget Forum with colleagues from the National One Parent Family Alliance engaging with officials & Minister Calleary on the important investment in & reform of our social protection system to support women in #Budget2026
July 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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🇵🇸 National Demonstration for Palestine – This Saturday! 🇵🇸

Join the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign this Saturday, 19th July in Dublin as they take to the streets to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people.📍 1PM – Garden of Remembrance

Raise your voice ✊
July 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM