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She was the founding head of Women’s Studies at University College Dublin and is a long-time feminist, LGBTIQ and socialist activist. She played a key role in the Marriage Equality referendum campaign in 2015, and was co-director of the victorious Together for Yes national abortion referendum campaign in 2018.

Currently, she is Chair of Women’s Aid, and is a founding member of Le Cheile: Diversity not Division, a cross-sectoral alliance set up in 2020 to challenge far right extremism in Ireland.

Ailbhe’s role in the Together for Yes campaign was recognised by her inclusion in the Time Magazine list of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2019.

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