Amanda Haynes

Irish parliament has worst gender diversity in western Europe, study finds Out of 174 seats in the November election, 44 went to women in a representation of slightly more than 25%

Despite the introduction of gender quotas in 2012, Ireland’s parliament has the *worst* gender diversity in Western Europe, with only 25% of newly elected TDs being women. Much more needs to be done, at local as well as national level, to address this.
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In the boonies :)

@thejournal.ie providing live coverage of the #latelatetoyshow has made my week.

Lights are flickering here. The electricity better hold until the end of the #latelatetoyshow. I'll have a riot on my hands. Ease off until midnight #stormdarragh

South Korean citizens helped lawmakers scale the National Assembly walls so they could bypass military barricades and vote against martial law.

Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.

South Koreans who went to sleep before 10.30pm will have slept through the president declaring martial law to overthrow democracy, a military siege around the National Assembly, lawmakers scaling walls to bypass barricades, a vote to overturn it & the president vowing to imminently end martial law.

Martial Law Declared in South Korea: What to Know President Yoon Suk Yeol has been locked in a bitter fight with the opposition, which controls Parliament

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared martial law on Tuesday night, accusing the opposition of “trying to overthrow the free democracy.” But about five hours later, he said he would lift the declaration. Here's what to know.

RTÉ giving a helluva lot of airtime to 'analyst' Paul Bradford who seems very eager to big up the prospective role of right-wing Independent Ireland in government (and to praise right-wing Aontú), without emphasising his *own* affiliation to hard-right Catholic social conservative party Renua

#ge24

Latest on the far-right in #GE24:
- 69 candidates eliminated
- 9 candidates are still in the running.

Exit Poll latest: A slim majority of voters (51%) believe the Government did not go far enough in tackling climate change - significantly more than those who believe it has gone too far #generalelection24 #ge24 #election2024 www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

A bar chart that is described in the following text: Asked which was the most important issue when deciding how to vote, housing/homelessness was the clear leader on 28 per cent, followed by the cost of living on 19 per cent and health on 17 per cent. Economic stability is at 9 per cent, climate change at 4 per cent. Crime 2 per cent, local transport and roads 2 per cent and childcare 2 per cent. Immigration is at 6%. Immigration – which had been prominent in the list of issues of public concern for much of the year – played a minor role, nominated by just 6 per cent.

If - as we've been told all year long by media pundits and politicians - there is a big crisis in public opinion over immigration and asylum, then why does it top the concerns of only six per cent of voters? Surely it's not to divert attention from the actual top three issues? #ge24

Irish Times exit poll shows immigration was the most important issue for six per cent of voters, climate most important for four per cent. Two issues within the margin of error of each other, but one received a disproportionate amount of coverage while the other was barely mentioned. #ge24