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{{Short description|Irish politician (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix = [[Teachta Dála|TD]]
| image         = Ivana Bacik 2021 (cropped).jpg
| caption       = Bacik in 2021
| office        = [[Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland)|Leader of the Labour Party]]
| term_start    = 24 March 2022
| term_end      = 
| predecessor   = [[Alan Kelly (politician)|Alan Kelly]]
| office1       = [[Teachta Dála]]
| term_start1   = [[2021 Dublin Bay South by-election|9 July 2021]]
| term_end1     = 
| constituency1 = [[Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Bay South]]
| office2       = [[Labour Party (Ireland)#Seanad leader|Leader of the Labour Party in the Seanad]]
| leader2       = {{ubl|[[Eamon Gilmore]]|[[Joan Burton]]|[[Brendan Howlin]]|[[Alan Kelly (politician)|Alan Kelly]]}}
| term_start2   = 25 May 2011
| term_end2     = 9 July 2021
| predecessor2  = [[Phil Prendergast]]
| successor2    = [[Rebecca Moynihan]]
| office3       = [[Leader of the Seanad|Deputy leader of the Seanad]]
| taoiseach3    = [[Enda Kenny]]
| leader3       = [[Maurice Cummins]]
| term_start3   = 25 May 2011
| term_end3     = 6 May 2016
| predecessor3  = [[Dan Boyle (politician)|Dan Boyle]]
| successor3    = [[Catherine Noone]]
| office4       = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]]
| term_start4   = 13 September 2007
| term_end4     = 12 July 2021
| constituency4 = [[Dublin University (constituency)|Dublin University]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1968|5|25|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Dublin]], Ireland
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| party         = [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]
| spouse        = Alan Saul
| children      = 2
| relations     = [[Charles Bacik]] (grandfather)
| education     = [[Alexandra College]]
| alma_mater    = {{Ubl|[[Trinity College Dublin]]|[[London School of Economics]]}}
| website       = {{URL|ivanabacik.com}}|
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'''Ivana Catherine Bacik'''{{efn|Both Ivana and her father Charles spell their surname as "Bacik" in English to conform to the [[English alphabet]], but the family surname was originally "Bačík" when using [[Czech orthography]].<ref name="DIB Charles">{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Catherine |date=October 2009 |title=Bačík, Charles |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/bacik-charles-a0296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714124759/https://www.dib.ie/biography/bacik-charles-a0296 |archive-date=14 July 2023 |access-date=14 July 2023 |website=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]}}</ref> Had Ivana been born in the Czech Republic, her surname would actually have been "Bačíková" per the Czech cultural custom of adding a feminine suffix. See [[Czech name]] for more.}} 
({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɑː|tʃ|ɪ|k}}<ref>{{cite youtube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhUIVpHNj8&t=52s |time=0m 55s |date=29 March 2022 |title=Ivana Bacik Becomes the 14th Leader of the Labour Party |publisher=Labour Party |first=Conor |last=O'Boyle |via=YouTube }}</ref>)
(born 25 May 1968) is an Irish politician who has been the [[Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland)|leader]] of the [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] since 24 March 2022 and a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Bay South]] constituency since winning a [[2021 Dublin Bay South by-election|by-election on 9 July 2021]]. Bacik previously served as [[Labour Party (Ireland)#Seanad leader|leader of the Labour Party in the Seanad]] from 2011 to 2021, and a [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]] for the [[Dublin University (constituency)|Dublin University]] constituency from 2007 to 2021.<ref name="oireachtas_db">{{Cite web |title=Ivana Bacik |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Ivana-Bacik.S.2007-07-23/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108224419/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Ivana-Bacik.S.2007-07-23 |archive-date=8 November 2018 |access-date=21 June 2009 |website=Oireachtas Members Database}}</ref> She previously served as [[Leader of the Seanad|deputy leader of the Seanad]] from 2011 to 2016. Bacik came to prominence due to her [[Abortion-rights movements|abortion rights]] campaigning from the 1980s onwards.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Liam |date=4 April 2004 |title=Ivana Bacik, the media supergirl |url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/editorial/ivana-bacik-the-media-supergirl-479005.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803034727/http://www.independent.ie/opinion/editorial/ivana-bacik-the-media-supergirl-479005.html |archive-date=3 August 2012 |work=[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|Sunday Independent]] |location=Dublin |issn=0039-5218}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=MacRedmond |first=David |date=27 May 2023 |title=Ivana Bacik: How abortion campaign went from 'desperately lonely' to 'tremendously positive' |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/ivana-bacik-interview-abortion-rights-ireland-6077186-May2023/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |work=[[TheJournal.ie]]}}</ref>

==Personal life and education==
Bacik's paternal grandfather, [[Charles Bacik]], was a Czech factory owner who moved to Ireland in 1946.<ref name="DIB Charles" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sheahan |first=Fionnán |date=5 July 2021 |title=Dublin Bay South by-election: Fine Gael complains to RTÉ after Ivana Bacik's TV appearance three days before by-election |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gael-complains-to-rte-afterivana-baciks-tv-appearance-three-days-before-dublin-bay-south-by-election-40613789.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210708213415/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gael-complains-to-rte-afterivana-baciks-tv-appearance-three-days-before-dublin-bay-south-by-election-40613789.html |archive-date=8 July 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0021-1222}}</ref> He eventually settled in [[Waterford]] and in 1947 was involved in the establishment of [[Waterford Crystal]].<ref name="DIB Charles" /> Her mother's side of the family are Murphys from [[County Clare]]. Her father was an astronomer and was employed in a number of locations. As a result, she lived in London and South Africa, before moving to [[Crookstown, County Cork]], twenty miles west of [[Cork (city)|Cork City]], aged six, when he became a physics lecturer in the [[Cork Institute of Technology]]. She attended the nearby national school in [[Cloughduv]]. When Bacik was 11 years old, her family moved to the Sunday's Well area of Cork City.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=23 November 1999 |title=Ivana Bacik |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/ivana-bacik-1.253430 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325175258/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/ivana-bacik-1.253430 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |access-date=14 March 2022 |work=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Labour leader Ivana's childhood in Crookstown |url=https://www.southernstar.ie/news/labour-leader-ivanas-childhood-in-crookstown-4241151 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525132450/https://www.southernstar.ie/news/labour-leader-ivanas-childhood-in-crookstown-4241151 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=6 April 2022 |website=[[The Southern Star (County Cork)|The Southern Star]] |language=en}}</ref> At the age of 14, she moved to Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2022 |title=Labour leader firmly focussed on reinvigorating the party |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/news/labour-leader-firmly-focussed-on-reinvigorating-the-party-41634096.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510135847/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/news/labour-leader-firmly-focussed-on-reinvigorating-the-party-41634096.html |archive-date=10 May 2022 |access-date=10 May 2022 |website=[[Independent.ie]] |language=en}}</ref>

She won a scholarship to board at [[Alexandra College]] in [[Milltown, Dublin]], and was awarded a [[sizar]]ship at  [[Trinity College Dublin]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holden |first=Louise |date=21 January 2014 |title=Single-sex or co-ed? |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/single-sex-or-co-ed-1.1659407 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811142509/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/single-sex-or-co-ed-1.1659407 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |access-date=16 October 2017 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |issn=0791-5144}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> She has an [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]] from Trinity and an [[Master of Laws|LL.M.]] from the [[London School of Economics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Ivana Catherine Bacik |url=https://www.tcd.ie/research/profiles/?profile=ICBACIK |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017160106/https://www.tcd.ie/research/profiles/?profile=icbacik |archive-date=17 October 2021 |access-date=25 May 2024 |website=[[Trinity College Dublin]]}}</ref>

She lives with husband Alan Saul and their two daughters in [[Portobello, Dublin]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lord |first=Miriam |date=12 December 2020 |title=Eamon Ryan basks in the sunshine of Seanad's love |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/miriam-lord-eamon-ryan-basks-in-the-sunshine-of-seanad-s-love-1.4434528 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811134834/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/miriam-lord-eamon-ryan-basks-in-the-sunshine-of-seanad-s-love-1.4434528 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |access-date=19 December 2020 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0791-5144}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=13 January 2009 |title=Has back-to-work Dati set a bad example for women? |url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/parenting/has-backtowork-dati-set-a-bad-example-for-women-1599568.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018144827/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/parenting/has-backtowork-dati-set-a-bad-example-for-women-1599568.html |archive-date=18 October 2012 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |location=Dublin |issn=0021-1222}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 May 2004 |title=Freedom, equality, Liberties |url=http://www.tribune.ie/article/2004/may/16/freedom-equality-liberties |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195711/http://www.tribune.ie/article/2004/may/16/freedom-equality-liberties |archive-date=3 March 2016 |work=[[Sunday Tribune]]}}</ref>

==University politics==
Bacik resigned as president of [[Trinity College Dublin Students' Union]] in 1990, after breaking the mandate from the Union membership regarding voting for candidates at a [[Union of Students in Ireland]] conference.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cullen |first=Paul |date=13 August 2005 |title=Legal Eagle Swoops |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/legal-eagle-swoops-1.479859 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811152307/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/legal-eagle-swoops-1.479859 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |access-date=1 September 2018 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0791-5144}}</ref> Despite 13 TCD representatives being mandated to vote for one candidate, Martin Whelan, a former TCD SU president, it transpired that he received only 12 votes, Bacik's vote instead being given to the feminist former UCD SU officer, Karen Quinlivan. A controversy erupted in the Students' Union and a subsequent internal investigation led to Bacik's resignation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McNamee |first=Kathleen |date=19 October 2017 |title=Amidst Ascough Controversy, a Look Back at Student Impeachments |url=https://universitytimes.ie/2017/10/amidst-ascough-controversy-a-look-back-at-student-impeachments/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212155515/https://universitytimes.ie/2017/10/amidst-ascough-controversy-a-look-back-at-student-impeachments/ |archive-date=12 December 2022 |access-date=12 December 2022 |publisher=The University Times}}</ref>

She was taken to court by the [[anti-abortion]] group, the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC), for providing information on abortion. SPUC were successful in the court case, although that success came in the 1990s, long after Bacik had graduated from Trinity College.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McNamee |first=Kathleen |date=26 February 2016 |title=From TCDSU to the Seanad, How Student Politics Reach the National Stage |url=http://www.universitytimes.ie/2016/02/from-tcdsu-to-the-seanad-student-politics-enter-the-general-election/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227112635/https://universitytimes.ie/2016/02/from-tcdsu-to-the-seanad-student-politics-enter-the-general-election/ |archive-date=27 February 2016 |access-date=18 October 2017 |work=[[The University Times]] |location=Dublin |issn=2009-261X}}</ref> A High Court injunction had been ordered against Bacik and other members of the TCD Students' Union in October 1989.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 October 1989 |title=Spuc gets injunction against students' union over abortion guide |work=[[Irish Times]]}}</ref> In November 1989, Bacik was informed by the [[Garda_Síochána|Gardaí]] that the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and the TCD Students' Union were under investigation following complaints that "they were corrupting the public morals by disseminating information on abortion."<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 November 1989 |title=Student unions face Garda inquiry |work=[[Irish Times]]}}</ref> In an article she wrote for the International Planned Parenthood Federation, she said it was soon-to-be Irish President Mary Robinson that prevented her and students' union members from going to prison.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Jason |date=9 July 2021 |title=5 things to know about Ireland's newest TD Ivana Bacik |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0709/1234156-five-things-to-know-ivana-bacik/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315144556/https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0709/1234156-five-things-to-know-ivana-bacik/ |archive-date=15 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=[[RTÉ News]] |language=en-ie}}</ref>

==Political career and campaigns==
Bacik contested the [[Seanad Éireann]] elections in 1997 and 2002 as an [[Independent politician (Ireland)|independent]] candidate for the [[Dublin University (constituency)|Dublin University]] constituency but was not successful.

She ran as a [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] candidate at the [[2004 European Parliament election in Ireland|2004 election]] to the [[European Parliament]] in the [[Dublin (European Parliament constituency)|Dublin constituency]].<ref name="elecs_irl">{{Cite web |title=Ivana Bacik |url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4423 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221163811/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4423 |archive-date=21 February 2011 |access-date=21 June 2009 |website=ElectionsIreland.org}}</ref> She ran with sitting [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] [[Proinsias De Rossa]], who was also the party president, on the same ticket.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ireland: Interview: Ciaran Byrne meets Ivana Bacik |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/ireland-interview-ciaran-byrne-meets-ivana-bacik-l7hhw09lnb0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325175219/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ireland-interview-ciaran-byrne-meets-ivana-bacik-l7hhw09lnb0 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |access-date=21 March 2022 |work=[[The Times]] |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> She polled 40,707 first preference votes (9.6%) but was not elected.

In 2004, her book ''Kicking and Screaming: Dragging Ireland into the 21st Century'', was published by O'Brien Press.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bacik |first=Ivana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=en8VAQAAIAAJ |title=Kicking and Screaming: Dragging Ireland Into the 21st Century |date=2004 |publisher=O'Brien |isbn=978-0-86278-860-5 |language=en |access-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525132445/https://books.google.com/books?id=en8VAQAAIAAJ |archive-date=25 May 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, she contested the [[Seanad Éireann]] elections for the third time in the Dublin University constituency, and was elected to the third seat, behind sitting Independent senators [[Shane Ross]] and [[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]. She initially sat as an Independent senator.

In February 2009, Bacik was included in an 'All Star Women's Cabinet' in the ''Irish Independent''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 February 2009 |title=My all-star women's cabinet |work=Irish Independent}}</ref> In March 2009, Bacik confirmed claims made on a TV programme that she had taken two voluntary pay cuts of 10% in addition to a pension levy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Molony |first=Senan |date=14 March 2009 |title=Greens fail to take pay cut despite 'tighten belts' plea |work=Irish Independent}}</ref> In June 2009, Bacik was the Labour Party candidate for the [[2009 Dublin Central by-election|Dublin Central by-election]] she came in third with 17% of the first preference votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 May 2009 |title=RTÉ's Lee to stand for FG in Dublin South |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0505/finegael.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508080536/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0505/finegael.html |archive-date=8 May 2009 |access-date=5 May 2009 |work=[[RTÉ News]] |location=Dublin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Halloran |first=Marie |date=8 June 2009 |title=O'Sullivan dedicates her victory to Tony Gregory's legacy |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0608/1224248285891.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811181819/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/o-sullivan-dedicates-her-victory-to-tony-gregory-s-legacy-1.779078 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |access-date=17 June 2009 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0791-5144}}</ref> She joined the Labour Party group in the Seanad in September 2009,<ref>{{multiref|
{{cite web |title=Order of Business |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2009-09-23/3/#spk_10 |website=Seanad Éireann (23rd Seanad) |publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=5 February 2025 |language=en-ie |date=23 September 2009}}|
{{Cite news |last=McGee |first=Harry |date=16 October 2009 |title=Government moves to fill two Seanad vacancies |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/government-moves-to-fill-two-seanad-vacancies-1.757746 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811182159/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/government-moves-to-fill-two-seanad-vacancies-1.757746 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |access-date=31 May 2021 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0791-5144 |quote=the former Independent senator representing Dublin University, Ivana Bacik, has since aligned with the Labour Party}}
}}</ref> and became Labour Party Seanad spokesperson for both Justice and Arts, Sports and Tourism. In November 2009, a feature by Mary Kenny of the ''Irish Independent'' included Bacik in a list of women who "well deserved their iconic status."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kenny |first=Mary |date=28 November 2009 |title={opinion |work=[[Irish Independent]]}}}{{full citation needed|date=June 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Michael D Higgins, Ivana Bacik campaigning 2011.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|Bacik campaigning with [[Michael D. Higgins]] during his [[2011 Irish presidential election|successful 2011 presidential bid]]]]
In May 2010, she sought Labour's nomination to contest the next election in the [[Dublin South-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-East]] constituency but was not selected.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 May 2010 |title=Quinn and Humphreys to run for Labour |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0526/1224271143041.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811182751/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/quinn-and-humphreys-to-run-for-labour-1.669697 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |access-date=8 June 2010 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0791-5144}}</ref> In December 2010, she was added to the ticket as the second candidate beside Labour Party leader, [[Eamon Gilmore]], in the [[Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire]] constituency for the [[2011 Irish general election|2011 general election]]. Gilmore topped the poll, with Bacik receiving 10.1% of first preference votes but she was not elected.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 December 2010 |title=Ivana Bacik to run for Labour in Dún Laoghaire |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1210/labour_election.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031709/https://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1210/295387-labour_election/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |work=[[RTÉ News]]}}</ref> She was re-elected to [[Seanad Éireann]] at the subsequent election, after which she became Deputy leader of the Seanad.<ref name="deputyseanad">{{Cite web |title=Election of Cathaoirleach; Wednesday, 25 May 2011 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-05-25/3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425123819/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-05-25/3/ |archive-date=25 April 2019 |access-date=31 May 2021 |website=Seanad Éireann Debate, Vol. 208, No. 1}}</ref> She held her seat in the Seanad in 2016 and in 2020.

On 27 April 2021, after the resignation of [[Eoghan Murphy]] from his [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]] seat in [[Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Bay South]], Bacik announced her intention to stand in [[2021 Dublin Bay South by-election|the upcoming by-election]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bray |first=Jennifer |title=O'Connell, Chu and Bacik among possible candidates for Dublin byelection |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/o-connell-chu-and-bacik-among-possible-candidates-for-dublin-byelection-1.4549314 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811191506/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/o-connell-chu-and-bacik-among-possible-candidates-for-dublin-byelection-1.4549314 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |access-date=28 April 2021 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0791-5144}}</ref> She campaigned with an emphasis on providing affordable housing,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Molony |first=Senan |date=17 May 2021 |title=Government parties squabble while their policies are failing, says Labour by-election hopeful Ivana Bacik |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/government-parties-squabble-while-their-policies-are-failing-says-labour-by-election-hopefulivana-bacik-40437818.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210708125949/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/government-parties-squabble-while-their-policies-are-failing-says-labour-by-election-hopefulivana-bacik-40437818.html |archive-date=8 July 2021 |access-date=19 May 2021 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0021-1222}}</ref> as well as improving healthcare and childcare, tackling [[climate change]], and achieving "a true republic in which church and state are separated". During the campaign, she described herself as having "more bills passed into law than any other Senator, on issues such as workers' conditions, women's health rights, and LGBT equality".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Sean |title=Bacik outlines Labour's vision for post-Covid Ireland and attacks government 'shambles' in bye-election bid/ |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/ivana-bacik-bye-election-5439978-May2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519120331/https://www.thejournal.ie/ivana-bacik-bye-election-5439978-May2021/ |archive-date=19 May 2021 |access-date=19 May 2021 |work=[[TheJournal.ie]] |location=Dublin |language=en}}</ref> Bacik also campaigned on increasing the number of sports amenities for children in the area, calling for unused [[Defence Forces (Ireland)|Defence Forces]] football fields at the [[Cathal Brugha Barracks]] to be freed up for local sports, with the suggestion rejected by [[Fine Gael]] [[Minister for Defence (Ireland)|Minister for Defence]] [[Simon Coveney]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blaney |first=Ferghal |date=12 May 2021 |title=Election shots fired as Minister Simon Coveney and Labour candidate go to blows |url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/election-shots-fired-minister-simon-20584347 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519125628/https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/election-shots-fired-minister-simon-20584347 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |access-date=19 May 2021 |work=DublinLive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Molony |first=Senan |date=17 May 2021 |title=Fine Gael's by-election frontrunner Cllr James Geoghegan faces Labour senator Ivana Bacik in bid for seat in Dublin Bay South |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gaels-by-electionfrontrunner-cllr-james-geoghegan-faces-labour-senator-ivana-bacikin-bid-for-seat-in-dublin-bay-south-40432414.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210708010954/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gaels-by-electionfrontrunner-cllr-james-geoghegan-faces-labour-senator-ivana-bacikin-bid-for-seat-in-dublin-bay-south-40432414.html |archive-date=8 July 2021 |access-date=19 May 2021 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0021-1222}}</ref> Fine Gael complained to RTÉ after she featured prominently on ''National Treasures'', a prime-time TV show broadcast by RTÉ during the campaign. RTÉ has strict rules about fair coverage of candidates during campaigns. The national broadcaster blamed an "inadvertent error" for the programme being shown three days before the election. A steering group within the broadcaster told Fine Gael that "the broadcast should not have happened." Consequentially, RTÉ had to show a special report on the by-election on ''Prime Time'' to "ensure fair coverage is given to all candidates".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sheahan |first=Fionnán |date=5 July 2021 |title=Red-faced RTÉ admits showing Ivana Bacik TV programme before by-election was an 'inadvertent error' |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/red-faced-rte-admits-showing-ivana-bacik-tv-programme-before-by-election-was-an-inadvertent-error-40616724.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210708213915/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/red-faced-rte-admits-showing-ivana-bacik-tv-programme-before-by-election-was-an-inadvertent-error-40616724.html |archive-date=8 July 2021 |access-date=21 March 2022 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0021-1222}}</ref>

Bacik won this election, receiving 8,131 (30.2%) first-preference votes. It was her fourth attempt as a Labour candidate, and she expressed her delight at the success at the count centre in the RDS.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Daniel |date=5 July 2021 |title=Dublin Bay South: Fourth time's the charm for Bacik as FF and FG lick their wounds |url=https://www.businesspost.ie/politics/dublin-bay-south-fourth-times-the-charm-for-bacik-as-ff-and-fg-lick-their-wounds-6ef3c432 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711130220/https://www.businesspost.ie/politics/dublin-bay-south-fourth-times-the-charm-for-bacik-as-ff-and-fg-lick-their-wounds-6ef3c432 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=[[Business Post]] |location=Dublin |language=en-ie}}</ref> Following the election, she was described by the ''[[Irish Times]]'' as "a formidable activist and public intellectual" and that Fine Gael's perceived antipathy towards their former TD, [[Kate O'Connell]], may have contributed to the surge in support to Bacik from women voters. The newspaper claimed that her election was "a long overdue morale boost" for Labour.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 July 2021 |title=The Irish Times view on the Dublin Bay South byelection: Ivana Bacik triumphs |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorial/the-irish-times-view-on-the-dublin-bay-south-byelection-ivana-bacik-triumphs-1.4616341 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210711131516/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorial/the-irish-times-view-on-the-dublin-bay-south-byelection-ivana-bacik-triumphs-1.4616341 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |issn=0791-5144}}</ref>

In August 2021, Bacik apologised for attending [[Katherine Zappone]]'s [[Merrion Hotel controversy|controversial party]] in the [[Merrion Hotel]], Dublin, in July of that year. She stated that she believed that it took place within existing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ryan |first=Philip |date=9 August 2021 |title=Ivana Bacik apologises for attending Katherine Zappone's party at the Merrion Hotel |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/ivana-bacik-apologises-for-attending-katherine-zappones-party-at-the-merrion-hotel-40733587.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210809171126/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/ivana-bacik-apologises-for-attending-katherine-zappones-party-at-the-merrion-hotel-40733587.html |archive-date=9 August 2021 |access-date=13 August 2021 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0021-1222}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2021 |title=Labour TD Ivana Bacik apologises for attending Merrion Hotel party |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/ivana-bacik-apology-merrion-party-5519067-Aug2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210815061439/https://www.thejournal.ie/ivana-bacik-apology-merrion-party-5519067-Aug2021/ |archive-date=15 August 2021 |access-date=13 August 2021 |language=en |agency=Press Association |newspaper=[[TheJournal.ie]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=9 August 2021 |title=Bacik issues apology for attendance at hotel event |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2021/0809/1239911-ivana-bacik-apology/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813155834/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2021/0809/1239911-ivana-bacik-apology/ |archive-date=13 August 2021 |access-date=13 August 2021 |work=[[RTÉ News]] |location=Dublin |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2022, she confirmed she would [[2022 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland)|run]] to succeed Alan Kelly as Labour Party leader.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gataveckaite |first=Gabija |date=7 March 2022 |title=Ivana Bacik confirms she will run for Labour party leadership |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/ivana-bacik-confirms-she-will-run-for-labour-party-leadership-41419122.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317035955/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/ivana-bacik-confirms-she-will-run-for-labour-party-leadership-41419122.html |archive-date=17 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |issn=0021-1222}}</ref> Kelly stated that he believed that Bacik would succeed him.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Vivienne |date=4 March 2022 |title=Alan Kelly believes Ivana Bacik will be the new Labour Party leader |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/alan-kelly-says-he-believes-ivana-bacik-will-be-the-new-labour-party-leader-1268470.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308121636/https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/alan-kelly-says-he-believes-ivana-bacik-will-be-the-new-labour-party-leader-1268470.html |archive-date=8 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=BreakingNews.ie |language=en-ie}}</ref> On 24 March 2022 she was confirmed as Labour Party leader unopposed at a party conference in Dublin. In a speech, she said she would focus on the rising cost of living and the serious and global problems facing the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNally |first=Tadgh |date=24 March 2022 |title=Ivana Bacik confirmed as new leader of the Labour Party |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/ivana-bacik-new-labour-leader-5719109-Mar2022/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324063625/https://www.thejournal.ie/ivana-bacik-new-labour-leader-5719109-Mar2022/ |archive-date=24 March 2022 |access-date=24 March 2022 |website=[[TheJournal.ie]] |location=Dublin}}</ref> Bacik pledged that Labour would fight the next election as a "standalone party" rather than joining any left-wing alliance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brennan |first=Michael |title=Bacik rules out joining left-wing alliance ahead of the next general election |url=https://www.businesspost.ie/ireland/bacik-rules-out-joining-left-wing-alliance-ahead-of-the-next-general-election-0ba39e24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328145213/https://www.businesspost.ie/ireland/bacik-rules-out-joining-left-wing-alliance-ahead-of-the-next-general-election-0ba39e24 |archive-date=28 March 2022 |access-date=6 April 2022 |website=[[Business Post]] |language=en}}</ref>

At the [[2024 Irish general election|2024 general election]], Bacik was re-elected to the Dáil.

== Political views ==
Bacik's policies have been described as liberal and [[social democratic]];<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 June 2021 |title=PROFILE: IVANA BACIK |url=https://www.thephoenix.ie/article/profile-ivana-bacik/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216002914/https://www.thephoenix.ie/article/profile-ivana-bacik/ |archive-date=16 December 2022 |work=[[The Phoenix (magazine)|The Phoenix]]}}</ref> In 2022, Bacik described herself as a "[[socialist]], a [[social democrat]] and as [[centre-left]]. That means that I stand for constructive politics, of seeking to deliver change by going into government".<ref name="Hot Press 2022">{{Cite magazine |date=20 April 2022 |title=The Full Hot Press Interview with Labour Leader Ivana Bacik |url=https://www.hotpress.com/lifestyle-sports/the-full-hot-press-interview-with-labour-leader-ivana-bacik-22901965 |access-date=30 November 2024 |magazine=[[Hot Press]]}}</ref>

===Social and domestic policy===
Since 2007 Bacik has spoken in support of the [[Legality of cannabis|legalisation of cannabis]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connolly |first=Johnny |date=Winter 2007 |title=Minister's contribution to Trinity cannabis debate. |url=https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/11454/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223041658/https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/11454/ |archive-date=23 December 2021 |access-date=25 March 2022 |page=21 |language=en |issue=24 |periodical=Drugnet Ireland}}</ref> She has proposed that cannabis should be sold under license at music festivals in Ireland such as [[Electric Picnic]], calling for a "rational" approach to drugs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loughlin |first=Elaine |date=25 March 2023 |title=Labour leader Ivana Bacik backs licensed sale of cannabis at festivals |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41101546.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630150736/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41101546.html |archive-date=30 June 2023 |access-date=30 June 2023 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>

In May 2019, following the results of the [[Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation]] which found that hundreds of children had died while in the care of homes run by the Catholic Church, Bacik called for the government to take financial action against the religious orders involved.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Toole |first=Lucy |date=2 May 2019 |title=Frontlines: Senator Ivana Bacik on the Mother and Baby Homes Commission's Report |url=https://www.hotpress.com/opinion/frontlines-senator-ivana-bacik-mother-baby-homes-commissions-report-22772335 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811183444/https://www.hotpress.com/opinion/frontlines-senator-ivana-bacik-mother-baby-homes-commissions-report-22772335 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |access-date=11 August 2021 |work=[[Hot Press]] |location=Dublin}}</ref>

In 2020, she sponsored legislation in the Seanad to grant Irish citizenship to any child born on the island of Ireland,<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Halloran |first=Marie |title=Government to work with Labour on citizenship Bill for stateless children |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/government-to-work-with-labour-on-citizenship-bill-for-stateless-children-1.4425875 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117130138/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/government-to-work-with-labour-on-citizenship-bill-for-stateless-children-1.4425875 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en}}</ref> which resulted in the Irish citizenship laws being changed in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Minister McEntee to make it easier for children to secure Irish citizenship |date=23 March 2021 |publisher=[[Department of Justice (Ireland)|Department of Justice]] |url=https://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PR21000057 |access-date=25 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221110619/https://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PR21000057 |archive-date=21 February 2022}}</ref>

In December 2020, she called for foreign frontline medical workers fighting against the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland|COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland]] to be rewarded with fast-tracked citizenship applications, as has been done in France.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McNeice |first=Stephen |date=24 December 2020 |title=Frontline workers should get citizenship for their efforts during pandemic - Bacik |url=https://www.newstalk.com/news/frontline-workers-should-get-citizenship-for-their-efforts-during-pandemic-bacik-1127315 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203084009/https://www.newstalk.com/news/frontline-workers-should-get-citizenship-for-their-efforts-during-pandemic-bacik-1127315 |archive-date=3 February 2021 |access-date=11 August 2021 |work=[[Newstalk]] |location=Dublin}}</ref>

In 2022, Bacik called for a pay rise for workers and a [[windfall profits tax|windfall tax]] on energy companies,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brennan |first=Michael |title=New Labour leader Bacik calls for pay rise for workers and windfall tax on energy companies |url=https://www.businesspost.ie/politics/new-labour-leader-bacik-calls-for-pay-rise-for-workers-and-windfall-tax-on-energy-companies-b975cc78 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324202204/https://www.businesspost.ie/politics/new-labour-leader-bacik-calls-for-pay-rise-for-workers-and-windfall-tax-on-energy-companies-b975cc78 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |access-date=25 March 2022 |website=Business Post |language=en}}</ref> and an increase in the minimum wage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=James |title=Ivana Bacik calls for minimum wage boost |url=https://www.newstalk.com/news/ivana-bacik-calls-for-minimum-wage-boost-1325766 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419091201/https://www.newstalk.com/news/ivana-bacik-calls-for-minimum-wage-boost-1325766 |archive-date=19 April 2022 |access-date=27 April 2022 |website=Newstalk |language=en}}</ref>

Bacik has stated she is in favour of decriminalising sex work, though she is critical of the [[Nordic model approach to prostitution|Nordic Model]], which criminalises the purchase of sex. She has expressed support for the views of organisations like [[Amnesty International]] and the Sex Work Research Hub, which advocate for the total decriminalisation of sex work, while raising concerns about the growing exploitation in legalised systems, citing her research and discussions with those involved in the trade in Sweden. Bacik acknowledges that the term "sex worker" may be problematic for many survivors, but she maintains that "the realities of sex work" are undeniable, as described by former workers.<ref name="Hot Press 2022" />

On economic issues, Bacik supports the redistribution of wealth through progressive taxation, including the introduction of property taxes and carbon taxes. She believes that Sinn Féin’s refusal to support a property tax is populist and contradictory to their left-wing stance. Bacik has long advocated for an inclusive, [[red-green alliance]] focused on environmental and economic equality, which she views as the key to addressing the climate emergency.<ref name="Hot Press 2022" />

===Foreign policy===
Bacik is a supporter of Palestine, and has expressed a desire to see Irish support for Palestine "reflected in government policies".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matthews |first=Jane |date=18 October 2023 |title=Occupied Territories Bill in limbo amid calls for unions to back workers refusing to handle Israeli goods |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/people-before-profit-israel-trade-unions-6199757-Oct2023/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213140741/https://www.thejournal.ie/people-before-profit-israel-trade-unions-6199757-Oct2023/ |archive-date=13 February 2024 |access-date=13 February 2024 |website=TheJournal.ie |language=en}}</ref> In September 2006, Bacik was one of the 61 Irish academic signatories of a letter published in ''[[The Irish Times]]'' calling for an academic boycott of the state of [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Landy |first=David |date=16 September 2006 |title=Irish academics call on EU to stop funding Israeli academic institutions |url=http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=1134 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023422/http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=1134 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |website=Scholars for Peace in the Middle East}}</ref> In January 2009, she declared that she wants Ireland to break off diplomatic relations with Israel<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kenny |first=Mary |author-link=Mary Kenny |date=15 January 2009 |title=The puzzle of Obama's pro-abortionism |url=http://www.irishcatholic.ie/site/content/puzzle-obamas-pro-abortionism-mary-kenny |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721124723/http://www.irishcatholic.ie/site/content/puzzle-obamas-pro-abortionism-mary-kenny |archive-date=21 July 2011 |work=[[The Irish Catholic]]}}</ref> and in February 2009 called for a general boycott of Israeli goods.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bacik |first=Ivana |date=5 February 2009 |title=Letters: Aftermath of Gaza offensive |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/aftermath-of-gaza-offensive-1.693206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811181039/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/aftermath-of-gaza-offensive-1.693206 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |access-date=11 August 2021 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0791-5144}}</ref> After the [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip in 2023]], Bacik called for a ceasefire in an ''[[Irish Independent]]'' opinion piece,<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023 |title=Ivana Bacik: If this war isn't stopped now, the whole of the Middle East will sink into an even more terrible abyss of violence |url=https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/ivana-bacik-if-this-war-isnt-stopped-now-the-whole-of-the-middle-east-will-sink-into-an-even-more-terrible-abyss-of-violence/a146240337.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213140741/https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/ivana-bacik-if-this-war-isnt-stopped-now-the-whole-of-the-middle-east-will-sink-into-an-even-more-terrible-abyss-of-violence/a146240337.html |archive-date=13 February 2024 |access-date=13 February 2024 |website=www.independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> and said the position of [[Ireland–Israel relations|Israeli ambassador to Ireland]], [[Dana Erlich]], "should now be under question" following comments Erlich made.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 October 2023 |title=Labour leader says Israeli ambassador's 'position now under question' after criticism of Michael D Higgins |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/labour-leader-says-israeli-ambassadors-position-now-under-question-after-criticism-of-michael-d-higgins/a1549254623.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213140741/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/labour-leader-says-israeli-ambassadors-position-now-under-question-after-criticism-of-michael-d-higgins/a1549254623.html |archive-date=13 February 2024 |access-date=13 February 2024 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref>

In 2021 Bacik commended the Irish government for its response to [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], particularly for its intake of over 20,000 refugees. She has also called for stronger actions at the EU and UN levels, including the expulsion of the Russian ambassador, and condemned Putin’s aggressive foreign policy, drawing on her personal family history to underscore her opposition to Russian authoritarianism.<ref name="Hot Press 2022" /> 

===Housing===
In March 2023, she stated that the year's eviction ban was intended to provide the government with breathing space to increase housing supply and that the government's targets fell short.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clancy |first=Paddy |date=22 March 2023 |title=Irish government under fire over plans to lift eviction ban |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irish-government-eviction-ban |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322233407/http://www.irishcentral.com/news/irish-government-eviction-ban |archive-date=22 March 2023 |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=Irish Central |language=en}}</ref>

==Legal work==
Bacik was appointed [[Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology]] at [[Trinity College Dublin]] (TCD) [[School of Law (Trinity College Dublin)|Law School]] in 1996. She taught courses in criminal law; criminology and penology; and feminist theory and law at Trinity. Her research interests include criminal law and criminology, constitutional law, feminist theories and law, human rights and equality issues in law. Bacik was a made a [[Fellow]] of Trinity College Dublin in 2005. In 2022 she resigned her role as associate professor in the university.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bray |first=Jennifer |title=Ivana Bacik resigns role as associate professor in Trinity College |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ivana-bacik-resigns-role-as-associate-professor-in-trinity-college-1.4862345 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426122041/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ivana-bacik-resigns-role-as-associate-professor-in-trinity-college-1.4862345 |archive-date=26 April 2022 |access-date=27 April 2022 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en}}</ref> However, as of May 2024 she continues to be listed as Reid Professor and is currently designated as an adjunct assistant professor on the Trinity College website.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Ivana Catherine Bacik |url=https://www.tcd.ie/research/profiles/?profile=ICBACIK |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017160106/https://www.tcd.ie/research/profiles/?profile=icbacik |archive-date=17 October 2021 |access-date=25 May 2024 |website=Trinity College Dublin}}</ref>

Bacik has also practiced as a barrister. In 2006, she acted as [[Junior barrister|junior counsel]] in ''[[Zappone v. Revenue Commissioners]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 August 2006 |title=Lesbian couple's landmark case to begin in October |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/lesbian-couple-s-landmark-case-to-begin-in-october-1.1032381 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210811195239/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/lesbian-couple-s-landmark-case-to-begin-in-october-1.1032381 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |access-date=11 August 2021 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |location=Dublin |language=en |issn=0791-5144}}</ref> the unsuccessful [[High Court (Ireland)|High Court]] case brought by [[Katherine Zappone]] and [[Ann Louise Gilligan]] over the non-recognition of their Canadian [[Same-sex marriage in the Republic of Ireland|same-sex marriage]] by the [[Revenue Commissioners]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zappone & Anor -v- Revenue Commissioners & Ors [2006] IEHC 404 |url=https://www.courts.ie/view/judgments/8cd12ed8-8cb4-4599-aab0-e99f25b485a1/e87c2420-4b8a-49a5-9d97-0a0bf8e1bd0e/2006_IEHC_404_1.pdf/pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813015142/http://courts.ie/Judgments.nsf/0/A4FE4E30EEF23925802572790040D30C |archive-date=13 August 2017 |access-date=14 April 2016 |website=Judgments & Determinations |publisher=Courts Service of Ireland}}</ref>

==Awards==
In 2019, Bacik was chosen by the Irish Women Lawyers Association as Irish Woman Lawyer of the Year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 August 2019 |title=Ivana Bacik is IWLA lawyer of the year |url=https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/ivana-bacik-is-iwla-lawyer-of-the-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801215029/https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/ivana-bacik-is-iwla-lawyer-of-the-year/ |archive-date=1 August 2019 |access-date=11 August 2021 |work=Law Society Gazette}}</ref> In 2019, she was selected as ''Irish Tatler's'' 'Woman of the Year.'<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 November 2019 |title=Ivana Bacik Wins Irish Tatler's Women Of The Year Award |url=https://irishtatler.com/wotya/ivana-bacik |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701151208/https://irishtatler.com/wotya/ivana-bacik |archive-date=1 July 2021 |access-date=15 March 2022 |website=Irish Tatler}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*[http://www.labour.ie/ivanabacik/ Ivana Bacik's page on Labour Party website]

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