Irish Country Magazine

Shining a light on community projects, sharing the stories of exceptional women, highlighting the successes of Irish businesses, celebrating local heroes, amongst other topics, has always been the focus of this publication for its readers. Bucking the stereotype of glossy newsstand publications, it is less trend-driven, more human-centred. 2020 was challenging in many ways, but there was still much to be hopeful about and many interesting voices and important stories to be heard. This publication survived and thrived in it's ambition to do so.

The Changemakers issue introduced readers to three exceptional women: Eileen Flynn, the first Traveller to be elected to the Oireachtas, Hazel Chu, the first woman of colour to be Lord Mayor of Dublin and social justice and Direct Provision activist, Ellie Kisyombe. Each took time from