| 1970 | First Commission on Status of Women set up. Irish Women's Liberation Movement founded. |
| 1972 | First Commission on the Status of Women report issued to the Irish government. |
| 1973 | Ireland joined the European Economic Community (later the EU). National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) founded. |
| 1975 | Beginning of UN Decade for Women. |
| 1977 | Employment Equality Act. |
| 1990 | Mary Robinson elected President of Ireland. |
| 1995 | Fourth UN World Conference on Women in Beijing. |
| 1997 | Mary McAleese elected President of Ireland. |
| 2000 | Equal Status Act. |