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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 07:42 AM Original message |
Gender balance in Irish politics ranked among world’s worst |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. eye-opening story |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Mary Robinson, Mary Coughlin, Mary McAleese--any of those ring a bell? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. i see... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. One of the most sincerely intolerant fascists I know has been an "Irish" maniac several years now |
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. The current Irish president, a woman, is the world's first president to follow another woman: |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. In a country where birth control was made available only recently.... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. They were prohibited from entering pubs until the late '70s, I believe, just as women in the US |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. Odd. Mary McAleese is the current president of the country and is the second female one! |
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Propaganda never sleeps. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. The US isn't far behind them. nt |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. Since everyone's bringin up the presidents, this seems to be about parliamentary representation |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. Is this due to structural impediments, candidates choices, or the voters? |
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