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As Irish society made the transition from a rural to a post-industrial one from the 1970s onwards, women in Ireland developed a significant political voice. This book shows how Irish women attained the political skills required to represent women's interests to government effectively, and demonstrates that the political activity of the women's movement in the Republic of Ireland contributed to the dismantling of a range of discriminatory policies against women. It discusses the compromises made by both sides as the political system slowly moved to accommodate the feminist agenda. In the process it explores the dynamics of Irish politics using a different approach than the institutional one which characterizes most studies of the Irish political system.