Ciara Conway
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‘Shunted and rejected’: The TDs who lose their seats
- Politics
- February 8, 2020, 06:00
ÁINE COLLINS Former Fine Gael TD, Cork North-West When Áine Collins lost her Dáil seat in the 2016 general election, she sought distractions. The form(...)

Yes we did: Irish theatre’s gender-equality revolution
- Stage
- July 14, 2018, 06:00
What a difference a couple of years can make. Some top players in Irish theatre are chatting in the Lir Academy of Dramatic Art in Dublin. Anne Clarke(...)

Record number of women TDs not just down to quotas
- Politics
- February 29, 2016, 01:00
A very modest record was broken in the general election, as the greatest-ever number of women TDs were returned to the Dáil. Back in 2011, a total of(...)

Record number of women TDs not just down to quotas
- Politics
- February 29, 2016, 01:00
A very modest record was broken in the general election, as the greatest-ever number of women TDs were returned to the Dáil. Back in 2011, a total of(...)

This is what change looks like, whatever this is
- Opinion
- February 28, 2016
Is your head still spinning? Are you still wondering where we stand? The electorate clicked its heels and didn’t just end up in a tornado but created (...)

Waterford result: John Deasy takes last seat for Fine Gael as Paudie Coffey loses out
- Politics
- February 27, 2016, 14:00
Fine Gael Minister of State Paudie Coffey and Labour backbencher Ciara Conway were the big losers in Waterford, where a resurgent Fianna Fáil topped t(...)

Major childcare cost cuts if Labour returned to power - Burton
- Politics
- February 10, 2016, 14:02
Tánaiste Joan Burton has pledged significant reductions in childcare costs if the Labour Party is returned to Government. Launching the plan along wi(...)

Government accused of ‘farewell appointments’ to State boards
- Politics
- January 19, 2016, 09:19
Leading Independent Alliance TD Shane Ross has called on the Government not to engage in an “orgy farewell appointments” to State boards as its term i(...)

Tánaiste installed Begg as pensions chief via ‘exceptional’ clause
- Irish News
- January 15, 2016, 12:02
Tánaiste John Burton has admitted using an exceptional clause in new guidelines to appoint David Begg as chairman of the Pensions Authority. Mr Begg(...)

Waterford Crystal workers have still not got their pensions
- Oireachtas
- November 11, 2015, 22:14
Waterford Crystal workers have still not received their pensions despite agreement last December following a lengthy legal battle, the Dáil has heard.(...)