A local TD has said “Ireland must act to immediately ban male participants from female sports.”
The statement came from Independent TD Carol Nolan, who previously represented in the Laois/Offaly constituency and is currently elected in Offaly.
Deputy Nolan called on all National Governing bodies “to ensure that biologically male participants will no longer be able to compete in female-only sports or athletic activities.
The Independent TD pointed the finger at what she described as “well financed and radical gender ideologues,” as called for an immediate intervention.
It comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has just signed an executive order prohibiting biologically male competitors competing in female sports in the United States, a decision Deputy Nolan says she welcomes.
“The tide is turning against the demands of well financed and radical gender ideologues who have dismissed and downplayed the concerns of women and girls when it comes to a level playing ground for sports and athletic competitions,” Deputy Nolan said.
“The influence these groups have exerted has been wholly disproportionate to the level of genuine demand that exists.
“They have effectively engaged in a hostile takeover of what were once female only spaces. That must end.
“We must have the courage to point out the blatantly obvious; allowing full grown biological men to compete with young women or girls is nothing short of ludicrous,” Deputy Nolan said.
“It always was and it always will be despite the attempts of gender ideologues to refashion or outright reject biological reality.
“If persons identifying as transgender or non-binary wish to compete the solution is to provide a distinct category that will allow for such participation while leaving female only categories to do what they have always done; cater for girls and women.”
Deputy Nolan was a co-sponsor and signatory of the Gender Recognition (Amendment) (Prisons) Bill 2023 which sought to make provision for single-sex accommodation in prisons.
“My view is that this principle should apply to all female only spaces, from sports to women’s domestic violence refuges to prisons and hospital wards,” Deputy Nolan said.
“Women and girls need, demand, and deserve their own spaces. I will never apologise for holding or defending this basic principle rooted in common sense.”
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