“I go to work in pain and don’t mention it, feel sick and don’t complain – I don’t want them to think less of me for ‘always...
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Jolie Niland had recently returned to her job as a Sales Executive at TV3 when her 8 month old son Jack was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia....
Dorothy Day said, “Life is a haphazard, untidy, messy affair” and few people manage to get through it without some kind of mishap, tragedy or upset. The...
The gender pay gap is not the only measure of gender inequality that’s getting worse in Ireland. The bulk of the domestic workload is still being carried...
Ireland took a giant leap forward with the passing of the Marriage Equality referendum in 2015, but many LGBTQ+ people in Ireland are still being discriminated against...
For most women working through pregnancy, the biggest difficulties faced are proximity to the bathroom and squeezing into appropriate work wear. But, shockingly, for one third of...
A physical touch. A boys club culture. A dick pic supposedly sent as a joke. Sexism comes in many insidious guises but for many who call it...
Four years of study to qualify, years of hard work to gain experience – but when childcare workers become parents themselves they find they are unable to...
Monaghan woman Claire* had just started a new job when things fell apart. “I was so excited about my new job, it was a foot in the...
Irish childcare fees are amongst the highest in the world forcing many women out of work and leaving others stuck in a cycle of “in-work-poverty”. Two income...
Here’s how the cycle goes for a rising number of lone parents – you work 19 hours a week whilst retaining your state subsidies, if you take...
Mummy guilt. It happens the first time we sense our parenting choices are being judged. I’ve never felt so defensive as I did when I had my...