Plans are underway to establish a dedicated women’s museum in the centre of Limerick in a landmark building that has been donated to the State by businessman JP McManus. Check it out HERE and happy readingThat committee was established in 2024 to consider the possibility of creating a dedicated women’s museum and, more widely, to look at ways of re-imagining existing institutions to correct a still very lopsided gender balance. Journalist Lise Hand, a member of the Irish Women’s Museum Advocacy Group, yesterday welcomed the new proposals. Women’s stories aren’t niche, they are about all of us.”Fellow journalist and member Justine McCarthy said: “It’s heartening to see the government is working to fulfil its promise to realise a dedicated national women’s museum. That, of course, is just a symptom of how overlooked women have been in the making of Irish history.

Source: Irish Examiner February 27, 2026 09:50 UTC