Patricia Redlich

Patricia Redlich (née Cribbon; 1 December 1940 – 30 August 2011) was an Irish clinical psychologist, journalist, broadcaster and trade unionist.

An active trade unionist and member of the Workers' Party in the 1970s and 1980s, Redlich frequently spoke of the need for equality for women in the workplace.

As a feminist, she rejected more radical elements in the movement and emphasised the need to take a moderate approach in order to secure legislative changes.

In a December 1975 lecture broadcast on RTÉ Radio, Redlich argued that Irish women were being atomised and isolated by the development of new suburbs around the city which split up extended families and the support that comes with those.

[2] Instead of fighting a gender war, Redlich argued that feminist groups needed to seek legal reforms in favour of women to truly advance their cause.

The play dramatised the lives of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were arrested, tried and executed for treason in 1953 in the United States after being found to be Soviet spies.

[3] In 1985 Redlich followed Eoghan Harris into occasional employment at the Sunday Independent, and subsequently gave up her work at the Eastern Health Board.

Speaking in 2011, Redlich suggested her the root of the change in ideology came out of her view that Marxism failed to demand individual responsibility.

In 1988 Redlich became a presenter of the BBC television health series An Apple a Day... as well as a staff member of The Irish Press, where she began writing a popular advice column.