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# Girl Power

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Meet Mona-Lxsa: The 26-year-old DJ and founder of an Irish all-female creative collective
The Spice Girls have nothing on Gxrl Code.
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Dec 1st 2018, 8:00 PM
What do women, the moon and Friday 13th have in common?
The truth is that it’s not an unlucky day at all!
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Apr 13th 2018, 5:04 PM
23 of the best celebrity Instagrams from International Women's Day
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s 2 year old daughter saying ‘girl power’ will give you heart eyes for days
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Mar 9th 2018, 11:48 AM
15 million girls under the age of 18 are married every year - that's one every two seconds
Today is the sixth annual International Day of the Girl.
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Oct 11th 2017, 6:00 AM
'Leo models himself on Macron and Trudeau, but he's not living up to them when it comes to gender balance'
Who runs the world… girls?
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Jun 20th 2017, 6:28 PM
Women on State boards on the rise as 'talent bank' boosts numbers
A target of 40% female representation has been set for State boards.
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Mar 8th 2017, 6:03 AM
8 lovely little ways to celebrate women in honour of Nollaig na mBan
Okay ladies, now let’s get in formation.
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Jan 6th 2017, 9:30 PM
Spice Girls' Wannabe video remade to highlight gender inequality
The video calls for an end to violence against women and education for all girls.
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Jul 6th 2016, 10:04 AM
These are the Fianna Fáil women who could be in line for a promotion
It’s understood Micheál Martin will appoint at least three women to the party’s front bench.
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May 14th 2016, 8:15 AM
Here's how Ireland's summer festivals look without the men
It’s quite the eye opener.
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Feb 25th 2015, 1:06 PM
Little girl asks for more female superheroes, DC turn her into one
Well there’s one to start us off.
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Feb 23rd 2015, 6:01 PM
The level of female start ups in Ireland has increased 600% since 2011
With 1,500 jobs on the way Richard Bruton has hailed Ireland’s entrepreneurs as ‘heroes’.
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Feb 18th 2015, 2:10 PM
Can you help identify these pioneering 1920s Irish science students?
They were students at UCD in 1920. Was one of them a relation of yours?
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Aug 24th 2014, 10:30 AM
Women 'talent bank' to improve gender balance on state boards
Last year, female representation on state boards stood at 36.2%.
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Jul 24th 2014, 6:20 PM
VIDEO: What does 'run like a girl' even mean?
Why should that be a slur?
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Jun 28th 2014, 4:30 PM
Number of women sitting on local councils jumps by 30 per cent
Fianna Fáil has the lowest proportion with just 14 per cent of their elected councillors being women.
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May 27th 2014, 8:22 AM
Highest number of women TDs EVER if female candidates win two by-elections
If the two female candidates tipped for the top are successful there will be 27 female TDs.
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May 24th 2014, 5:23 PM
Here's how many women are running for election in each constituency
Left-wing parties have the most women candidates running for election.
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May 3rd 2014, 8:30 AM
Comedian who was axed for being female gets apology after Twitter backs her up
Jenny Collier was told there were “too many women”.
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Mar 9th 2014, 1:40 PM
International Women's Day protest takes place in Dublin
The protest took place outside the Central Bank this afternoon.
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Mar 8th 2014, 4:29 PM
Make a day of International Women’s Day
A protest and soapbox event is due to take place in Dublin today.
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Mar 8th 2014, 8:15 AM
There are 6 ways to make the Oireachtas more women friendly, says NWCI
Maternity leave, working hours and acceptable behaviours are all things that need to be tackled, finds research.
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Mar 4th 2014, 6:00 AM
Christine, Brigid... and now 'Ruth' --- Why are women getting the blame for all this destruction?
And who’s coming up with all these names anyway?
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Feb 8th 2014, 8:30 AM
A 7-year-old girl wrote this brilliant letter telling Lego off
‘I want you to let girls go on adventures.’
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Feb 3rd 2014, 6:00 PM
Less than a quarter of candidates running in the local elections are women
From the candidacy selections so far, Fianna Fáil is the worst when it comes to having women stand for office in the local elections this year.
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Feb 2nd 2014, 4:00 PM
8 ways to get (and keep) a girl band together
If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends.
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Apr 23rd 2013, 7:00 PM
This little girl is absolutely dominating an all-boys American football league
Just look at her go…
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Nov 7th 2012, 1:38 PM
Girl power: Irish feminist conference sold out
Feminism conference aims to open the dialogue between all generations of feminists.
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May 18th 2012, 6:40 PM
Turkish Girl Power: Fenerbahce plays in front of all-female audience
A rare football scene as more than 41,000 women and children pack a Turkish stadium after Fenerbahce’s male fans were banned.
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Sep 22nd 2011, 2:34 PM