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This spacious five-bedroom Cork City home is on the market for €1.1million
This spacious five-bedroom Cork City home is on the market for €1.1million

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Lough Eske Castle: Five-star luxury meets laid-back leisure at this Donegal retreat
Lough Eske Castle: Five-star luxury meets laid-back leisure at this Donegal retreat

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Tornant House: This extraordinary Wicklow home is on the market for €950,000
Tornant House: This extraordinary Wicklow home is on the market for €950,000

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MOTHER co-founders Lisa Connell and Cormac Cashman on Cultúr Club 2024
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Supper Club: Smoked monkfish with Parma ham and rosemary
Supper Club: Smoked monkfish with Parma ham and rosemary

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With incredible coastal views, this future-proofed Howth home makes the most of its spectacular location
With incredible coastal views, this future-proofed Howth home makes the most of its spectacular location

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Birkenstock Bostons: How to style the fashion set’s favourite clogs

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This Stillorgan semi-d was transformed into a luxurious oasis by a travel-loving couple
This Stillorgan semi-d was transformed into a luxurious oasis by a travel-loving couple

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This former industrial premises in Dublin 12 has been turned into a family home with two workspaces
This former industrial premises in Dublin 12 has been turned into a family home with...

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The Budget contraception scheme still holds women in Ireland responsible for safe sex


by Kate Demolder
19th Oct 2021

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Excluding girls under 17 and women over 25, the new government contraception proposal perpetuates the age-old female stereotypes of chastity or motherhood.

Ireland doesn’t talk a lot. But when it does, it’s almost always about women. There’s an art to it – it would be admirable if it weren’t horrifying – which is to say that for being a highly developed country, the vantage point which women are viewed oftentimes skews Middle Ages. The State’s history when it comes to women and sex is arduous and thorny, typically intrinsically linking the two with sordid behaviour and seediness...

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