Every constituency in the country has at least one woman running for election for the very first time.
There’s only one woman running in the Donegal constituency – Aontu candidate Ms. Mary T. Sweeney.
At least 30 percent of a party’s candidates in general elections must be women – and this will rise to 40 percent in 2023.
Fine Gael are over the quota on 30.5 percent, while Fianna Fail sit on 31 percent.
Ciairín de Buis – from the Women for Election group – says the two largest parties are letting the electorate down:
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