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WCI Limerick promotes gender equality, provides information on services for women and women's groups in Limerick City and County and runs various courses and events throughout the year. Pro choice, anti racist and relentless allies!
Thank you to everyone who attended our IWD celebration! Today, we reflected on creating more spaces for women, delivered thank-you notes to businesses that donated for the raffle, enjoyed a walk around the three bridges, and had some well-deserved tea and chats. Photos will follow soon. 🫶
For our International Women’s Day World Café, a table will honor Edel Geraghty, focusing on Women & Politics. Edel, former WCI Limerick Coordinator, is remembered for her efforts in uniting women in solidarity on various political and social issues.
Santhi Corcoran will facilitate this table.
For our World Café on International Women’s Day we will have a table dedicated to Sinéad O’Connor, covering the topic of When Women Complain. We chose to honour Sinéad because she spoke truth to power, and her bravery will never be forgotten. This table will be facilitated by Karen Sugrue.
🚨Tickets for our IWD event are sold out!🚨
Our International Women's Day event is now at full capacity but a waiting list is in operation. If you would still like to attend, please contact limerick@womenscollective.ie to add your name to the waiting list. We will try our very best to accommodate you.
We are looking forward to marching with Limerick ROSA - Socialist Feminist Movement to mark International Women's Day, this Sunday, March 8th meeting on Bedford at 1pm.
#Limerick #Women #internationalwomensday
Our World Café on International Women’s Day will feature a table dedicated to bell hooks, focusing on Single Women. We honor bell for her contributions to race, feminism, social class, and single studies. Dr. Lindsey Liston will facilitate this table.
We had a lovely morning yesterday celebrating International Women's Day with the fab staff and women at the Northside Family Resource Centre. Thanks to the staff for the invitation and the wonderful women who attended.
#Limerick #Women #internationalwomensday
For our World Café on International Women’s Day, we will have a table dedicated to Mary McGee, focusing on Women’s Health. We honour Mary for her 1970s advocacy in Ireland for contraception and family planning, which transformed opportunities for women. Camilla O’Donoghue will facilitate this table.
Our World Café on International Women’s Day will feature a table dedicated to Nell McCafferty, focusing on Men & State Violence Against Women. We honor Nell for her fearless journalism, truth-seeking for victims, and her role in the feminist movement. Siobhán O’Leary will facilitate.
In February we are listeningto: Get a Grip | Podcast
In this podcast Angela Scanlon and Vicky Pattison get loud about the reality’s of womanhood, with no filter, no apologies and don’t hold anything back.
Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
For our World Café on Interna. Women's Day we will have a table dedicated to Margaretta D’Arcy, covering the topic of Peace and Neutrality.
We chose to honour Margaretta because of her lifelong commitment to social justice campaigns and activism. This table will be facilitated by Elaine D’Alton.
This event is free of charge but places are limited and must be reserved in advance. It takes place on Tuesday, March 10th, 6pm - 9:30pm in the Absolute Hotel. There will be light refreshments and a generous raffle on the night!
Book your place on eventbrite:
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Join us on Tuesday, March 10th as we celebrate International Women's Day. Our event this year is Women's Wisdom, then & now. This will be a space to honour the women who have come before us, learn from their wisdom and for the women in the room to connect and share their wisdom and life experience.
Gráinne Carr is an experienced Coach, Trainer and Facilitator, and is a founder of Consent Matters Ireland – an organisation whose vision is to make society safer through consent education.
Gráinne will be our Guest speaker for our International Women's Day Celebrations!
Lovely news to read first thing!!
"Minister O’Donovan is expected to propose that the site be repurposed as a permanent cultural institution under the remit of the National Museum, with plans moving forward to establish a dedicated women’s museum in the heart of the city." #Limerick #Women
In February we are reading: Why Women Like the Single Life More Than Men Do, by Bella DePaulo Ph.D.
A recent study that was done on the topic, by researcher at the University of Toronto, shows that women take to single life more readily than men.
The third meeting of the Limerick Feminist Book Club is taking place on Monday the 16th of March at the WCI Limerick offices on 28 John Street.
The group is going to read We Made It, Kid by Jackie McCarthy O'Brien.
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To register your participation write to limerickfeministbookclub@proton.me
Meet us at Arthurs Quay Park where we will set off at 1:15pm heading towards the Shannon Bridge.
You can join us at any point around the bridges & walk for as long as suits you.
For more info or to arrange meeting us along the way contact limerick@womenscollective.ie or text 087 3283746
📣 NEW RESEARCH - CALLING SINGLE LADIES 📣
We are delighted to launch our new research into the experiences of single women in Ireland and we need your help
Please fill out our anonymous questionnaire here 👇
www.womenscollective.ie/wci-limerick
@wci-limerick.bsky.social
#SocialScienceConneXions
📣Calling single women in Ireland!📣
Take part in new research exploring women's experiences of being single in Ireland in 2026. Fill in a short questionnaire and share your perspectives.
#Women #Research #WomeninResearch #SingleStudies
We are gathering the experiences of single women and would really appreciate your help
Find our survey at the links below - or share it with your friends.
👉WCI-LImerick
www.womenscollective.ie/wci-limerick
Direct link 👇
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Thank you ❤️
@wci-limerick.bsky.social
Doras' statement on the arson attack yesterday at the Islamic cultural centre in Limerick City.
#irelandforall
You can get tickets to all of these screenings through the Belltable website.
films at the Community Arts Festival, Belltable in Limerick on February 21st 2026. This is a free but ticketed event.
You can also catch Hamnet with Oscar-nominated Jessie Buckley on February 16th, or Sentimental Value, a Norwegian film about women and family healing, on February 23rd.
Watching in February 2026: Screenings at the Belltable O’Connell Street.
The Belltable has some exciting things happening this month, but we are particularly excited about a Community Grown Short Film Screening where various Limerick based community drama groups will screen a selection of short
Happy Galentines Day to all our dear participants 💜💖
We love there is a day dedicated to the love you find in women's friendships, even though we believe we all celebrate women's solidarity every day of the year!
This research to understand the experiences of single women, including the benefits and challenges of being single. The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete. Responses are anonymous and may be used in publications and reports. Participation is voluntary, you may choose not to participate.
Experiences of Being Single: Women's Perspectives
📢TAKE PART
We're partnering with EDGE Research to look at women’s perspectives of being single&are asking women to fill out a questionnaire&share their experience of being single in Ireland in 2026.
To take part go to womenscollective.ie/wci-limerick
This event is free of charge but places are limited and must be reserved in advance. It takes place on Tuesday, March 10th, 6pm - 9:30pm in the Absolute Hotel. There will be light refreshments, live entertainment and a generous raffle on the night!
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The event will start with a short reception before moving on to women sharing their collective wisdom in a world café style format.
Our guest speaker, life coach, Gráinne Carr, Using her knowledge and skills will cover topics and share techniques leaving women feeling grounded and empowered.