Affected Quote by Mary Robinson

As long as Ireland is unfree the only honourable attitude for Irish men, women to have is an attitude of rebellion.

— Patrick Pearse

One of the big problems in Dail Eireann is the lack of women.

— Leo Varadkar

“There are only three kinds of Irishmen who can't understand women. Young men, old men and men of middle age.”

— Elizabeth Berg

I'm coming to a sense of a women's movement which was extraordinarily important in the struggle for freedom in Ireland and immediately afterwards, but…

— Mary Robinson

Thanks to the European Union, Ireland has a much more open climate of discussion and debate, as you can see in the media. It…

— Mary Robinson

Membership in the European Community, now the European Union, has enabled Ireland to re-find its sense of participation - cultural, political, social - at…

— Mary Robinson

It is absolutely no accident that the peace and reconciliation, and indeed the economic progress, that eluded us generation after generation for hundreds of…

— Mary McAleese

I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of…

— Fionnula Flanagan

There's no such thing as the 'Irish Internet.' It's just the Internet.

— John Collison

I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going…

— Anne Enright

I think that's why you see so many Americans in Dublin look so sad: they are looking for the door through which they can…

— Frank McCourt

I don't think we in Ireland have to follow slavishly what other countries have done. Ireland has its own strengths - in family life,…

— Mary Robinson