Kildare TD travels to London to mark 100 years of women's vote

Kildare TD Fiona O'Loughlin recently fulfilled engagements in London as part of the centenary of Irish women getting the vote.

O'Loughlin and members of the Vótáil 100 Committee presented a portrait of Countess Markievicz, the first woman elected to Westminster, to the House of Commons.

The TD said: "This was a wonderful occasion to acknowledge and celebrate her legacy and a key event in the celebration of the centenary of women gaining the right to vote."

While in London, the Oireachtas members took time to honour Eva Gore-Booth - the younger sister of Countess Markievicz -  and her partner Esther Roper at their graveside in Hampstead.

Eva was an Irish poet, dramatist and suffragist.