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Bradford City fan, 90, surprised with visit to game | Bradford Telegraph and Argus

A 90-year-old resident at Cottingley Hall Bupa Care Home in Bingley has been treated to a trip down memory lane - with a visit to Bradford City FC s…

Rotary Club of Sarasota hosts first Toast Local charity event

The event, which featured tastings of craft cocktails and local beers, benefited charities in the area.

In the salerooms: A 114-year-old teapot and symbol of Irish feminism to fetch €1,000 at auction

In 1925, stockbroker Oonagh Keogh (1903 to 1989) became the first female member of the Dublin Stock exchange.

Clodagh Finn: Ireland's first female stockbroker would decry lack of progress

When Oonah Keogh’s stockbroking centenary comes around in 2025, Clodagh Finn hopes we won’t still be having the same conversation around enabling women to work as equals

Carlow Nationalist — SETU student's vision of Ireland's future wins prestigious scholarship

‘THE year is 2042. It’s 7am, the previously loud hustle and bustle of early mornings has subsided. Stepping outside first thing in the morning and feeling clean…

Kildare Nationalist — Bórd na Móna scholarship awarded to Newbridge student

Ryan was awarded a Bord na Móna scholarship for his submission on what Ireland will look like in the future.

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Kildare Nationalist — New Kildare experience offers people opportunity to walk with ponies

Commentary: What Oonagh Did | Irish America

By Siobhan Peters, Contributor On paper, the 1916 Proclamation and the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State appeared to signal a new beginning in regards to equal opportunities for Irish men and women. However, the socio-political landscape of 1920s Ireland remained one of restriction for women. Religated to roles as housewives and mothers excluded from employment within the public sphere, any gains made by women in the changing political environment of the time were ultimately constricted by the colluding forces of the new Free State government and the Roman Catholic Church. And yet it was an anti-discriminatory provision of the Irish Free State Constitution that allowed one woman, Oonagh Keogh, to become the first female member of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) and the first woman worldwide to join a stock exchange. Article 3 of the 1922 Free State Constitution guaranteed equality and opportunity to all Irish citizens over the age of 21, so Oonagh’s application could no