Jennifer Whitmore, a senior party TD from the Social Democrats, emphasizes the importance of supporting women who have babies to encourage more women to run for political positions. Whitmore asserts that her party is at the forefront of a new wave of politics in Ireland, actively demonstrating a different approach.
Senior party TD Jennifer Whitmore : ‘Women have babies ... we have to support them if we want more women to run’Mr O’Callaghan said Ms Cairns has “played a very strong role in our campaign, especially in the opening stages, and she’s doing huge work online”.
At a press conference in Dublin Mr O’Callaghan said the Social Democrats are “in the hunt” for Dáil seats in ten or more constituencies. He said there are a “huge amount” of undecided voters, and the party is “also seeing significant momentum behind the Social Democrats”. His party’s message is “resonating” with people and this was highlighted by how support had risen to 6 per cent in Monday’s Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll.
He said if people want change, including affordable housing and childcare and improved disability and health services, they need to vote for his party. “It’s not going to be delivered by parties that are promising to do two contradictory things,” he said.
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