In October 2010 and March 2012 Lucy Keaveney of the Irish Times did a survey of how many women's voices were heard on radio and television. These were the results:
Percentage of Women's Voices Heard on Radio.
March 2010 | October 2012 | |
Morning Ireland | 26% | 26% |
Today With Pat Kenny | 20% | 31% |
News At One |
15% | |
Drivetime With Mary Wilson |
27% | 16% |
Marian Finucane |
20% | 20% |
Newstalk Breakfast |
28% | 22% |
The Right Hook |
19% | 30% |
The Sunday Show |
21% | 29% |
Matt Cooper |
17% | 21% |
Commenting of the lack of representation of women's voices on media Clara Fischer, of the Irish Feminist Network said “Women’s exclusion, particularly from current affairs programmes, results in skewed debates, where only men’s life experiences come to bear upon the issues in question.”