In a week that sees the publication of a report highlighting the scarcity of female voices on radio, it’s good to hear George Hook step up to the plate and discuss the possibility of gender quotas with a strong-minded, successful woman. With The Right Hook (Newstalk, weekdays) named as one of the shows with the highest proportion of male guests, perhaps the presenter (for whom the word “irascible” could have been coined) is mellowing in his frequently referenced old age, and bowing to contemporary sensibilities. Well, not really. The issue of gender imbalance may be in the air, from the media to the theatre, but as Hook talks to Frances Fitzgerald, the Minister for Justice and Equality, he...
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