Political Woman, A Memoir by the late Nuala Fennell was launched Tuesday, 6 October 2009 by Enda Kenny TD in Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club, Dublin 2 in the presence of her husband, Brian, and three children.

Nuala Fennell died on 11 August 2009. She completed this memoir, Political Woman, a testimony to her public-spirited life's work, a few weeks before her death. Her husband Brian reflects on Nuala's life and achievements in the epilogue of this book.

Political Woman tells the story of young middle-class mother of three, Nuala Fennell, who from her home in suburban south Dublin became part of a movement that changed Ireland's social and legislative landscape for ever.

Nuala Fennell first became involved in the Women's Liberation Movement with women like June Levine and Mary Kenny, then helped to found AIM, the family support organisation, in 1972. AIM campaigned for women's rights in family law, until then a very low priority for successive governments, and achieved radical changes.

Nuala Fennell was later involved in Women's Aid and in setting up the family mediation service when she served as a junior minister in Garret Fitzgerald's coalition government 1982-7. Her remarkable achievements, as a woman inside and outside politics, are a lasting legacy to Irishwomen and Irishmen of today.

Political Woman, A Memoir is available for €14.99, with free delivery within Ireland.

A Press Release is also available for members of the press.

Launch Photos