A GAA club is celebrating International Women's Day by installing posters with images of their female members across the local area.
West Belfast based Colin Gaels launched their #EmbraceEquality campaign to profile the women who they say are the backbone of their club and to encourage more to take up the sport.
In total, 15 posters have gone up across Twinbrook, Poleglass and Lagmore and the club say they hope it will allow them to continue to create places and spaces for women to thrive.
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Paula Sands from Colin Gaels told Belfast Live that the idea came from their Mothers and Others team.
"Mothers and Others is a team for women over the age of 25 who maybe never played Gaelic before and are just looking to have some fun, get some exercise and make some new friends," she said.
"Since we set up the team, it has been great for the club as a whole, getting women involved in the sport who have never been involved before and it gets them out of the house twice a week.
"Our coach, Stephen McCormick really wanted to celebrate the invaluable work that these women do within our team because sometimes they get forgotten about because they are not at the forefront.
"We thought it would be great to emphasise the importance of these women to our club and also to our area because we don't always get a good reputation."
Paula said that she believes this visibility will encourage other women to come along and join the team.
"One of the things that we have seen is that a lot of younger girls come and watch our matches. It really gives them a buzz," she said.
"People who have never touched a ball before are coming along and trying it out which is just great."
The Mothers and Others team train on a Thursday evening at 6pm and Sunday afternoons at 12pm at Brook Leisure Centre.
Paula added that if you are interested in joining, come along to a training session or contact them on social media.
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