Minister of State Pippa Hackett, Marguerite O'Loughlin, Fianna Fail National Women’s and Equality officer and Minister of State Peter Burke. Offaly drive to increase number of women in local politicsA new initiative in Offaly County Council aimed at increasing the number of women involved in local politics in Offaly has been launched. The initiative was funded by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage as part of a funding stream aimed at increasing gender balance and diversity in local government structures and decision making and was delivered by Women for Election on behalf of Offaly County Council. He said that Offaly County Council currently only has one female member among 19 was “a stark statistic”. “Unfortunately, local government has a long way to go before we have balanced representation in our council chambers.

Source: Irish Independent October 20, 2022 16:18 UTC