The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has welcomed the initiative by Minister Mary Mitchell-O’Connor to launch a new task force to address the issue of gender inequality in third-level education.

IFUT General Secretary, Joan Donegan, said that IFUT hopes that it “will complement and support implementation of the detailed recommendations contained in the earlier Maire Geoghegan-Quinn report on the issue.”

For further information on this media release please contact:

John Gallagher - John Gallagher Consulting -  Tel 087 9369888

Joan Donegan - Gen. Sec. IFUT - Tel. 087 1315960.