Women are being kept in lower paid jobs. Among the countries with a better record than Ireland are Paraguay, Sri Lanka and Turkey.
Politicians are full of hot air.
After complaints by deputies who were feeling ill the Israel's parliament was found to have high concentrations of carbon dioxide. This is the gas people exhale when breathing - or speaking. But this has nothing to do with the fact that it is a fundamental breach of human rights. But, worst of all, a recent assessment of the costs involved found that the price of one execution is equivalent to keeping three prisoners in a maximum security prison for 40 years. The reward promised for their staff is job losses at the Dublin plant .