More women lead Irish higher education

Credited to the work of Mary Mitchell O'Connor, the previous higher education minister of Ireland who asserted that the lack of women in university leadership was "inexcusable," Ireland's universities are appointing an increasing number of female presidents, provosts, and heads of research. Mitch O'Connor expressed delight that, "Institutions 'embraced the spirit of the gender equality action plan,' which requires them to report progress on goals, actions and targets and potentially lose up to 10 percent of government funding if they fall short."