nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230323-185300-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230323s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230323-185300-0 doi eng 342 23 Bell, Mark Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-0154-4651 An Interactive Relationship - Equality, Ireland, and EU Law Bell, Mark Verfassungsblog 2023-03-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In reflections on fifty years of membership, the employment of women is often identified as a tangible example of how membership changed Ireland. Concretely, in the years immediately following accession, the state was required to enact legislation on equal pay and equal treatment for women and men in employment. This narrative tends to place emphasis on EU law as a cause of law reform in Ireland. 50 years on, both Irish and EU equality law have expanded significantly. CC BY-SA 4.0 Equality EU Law European Union gender equality Ireland Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/an-interactive-relationship/ raw object