Síle de Valera
Kaupo Kikkas 2022
In order to mark 50 years of Ireland’s membership of the European Union, Photo Museum Ireland presents a portrait exhibition of female Irish Members of the European Parliament, past and present.
These photographs, taken by renowned Estonian art photographer Kaupo Kikkas to accompany a book with pen portraits by distinguished historian Dr Sinéad McCoole, are a testimony to the evolution of attitudes regarding gender equality and to the gradual increase of Irish female representation in the European Parliament.
Ireland has come a long way over the past 50 years, but recent state commemorations in the context of the ‘Decade of Centenaries’ programme have highlighted that women still have to fight for a number of causes in the 21st century, to bring equality to all aspects of Irish women’s lives.