Ivana Bacik

Senator Ivana Bacik, Independent Dublin University Senator, organised an event in Leinster House to commemorate the the 90^th anniversary of the 1918 election (held on 14^th December 1918), the first election in which women had the right to vote, and in which Constance Markiewicz was elected as the first woman TD and MP.

The event, ‘Oireachtas Women 1918-2008’, consisted of a ceremony, that took place in the Dáil Chamber on 9^th December. All living former and current women TDs and Senators were invited to attend the Chamber at 1pm on 9^th December for a photograph and the reading of a speech by Constance Markiewicz.

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