“It’s supposed to be a welcoming and gender-neutral environment.” A Fine Gael Senator has said that a “culture of toxic masculinity” is preventing female students from studying topics that have historically been taken by male students. Regina Doherty made the comments on Newstalk Breakfast on Friday morning (13 May). “When I say what I have […]

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“I retract the tweet unreservedly.” Fine Gael’s leader in the Seanad Regina Doherty has issued an apology for a tweet she published about Sinn Fein’s Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty. In the statement, posted to Doherty’s Twitter account on Tuesday (22 March), she said she retracts the tweet posted last month. The apology in full reads: […]

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