She had been refused a place to stay because she left the International Protection Office before a taxi arrived to take her to venue where she would be accommodated

IHREC chief commissioner Sinéad Gibney said asylum seekers have the right to be 'safe and free from intimidation or further distress'.

Under section 7(1) of the 1956 Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, a person is an Irish citizen “if at the time of his or her birth either parent was an Irish citizen”

The landmark Policing Bill begins committee stage in the Oireachtas today

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission report exposes the 'devastating' impact of racism on our citizens

Since the beginning of 2022, Ireland has accommodated more than 73,000 people who have arrived here, between IPAs and those fleeing the the war in Ukraine

Last year saw highest number of violent deaths since 2007 as 11 women killed  

The figures provided to the 'Irish Examiner' come amid concerns about the 'unduly restrictive' redress scheme for children abused in Irish national schools 

It was adjourned as the judge said he needed to explore a significant number of issues with counsel in the Supreme Court chamber

Quirke's appeal focuses on the validity of the search warrant used in the murder investigation and the DPP’s discretion in calling expert witness in a trial

The court also ruled that the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission did not meet the legal requirements to be formally joined as an amicus curiae or friend to the court in the proceedings

The bill will also include the provision that self-induced intoxication will not be a defence to a charge of rape

Patrick Quirke is serving a life sentence after being found guilty in 2019 of murdering the father of two, known as ‘Mr Moonlight’

Under the Equal Status Acts, concerns raised over housing assistance (16%) and race (13%) came behind disability.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission will also be tasked with co-ordinating the activities of all 'National Preventive Mechanisms'

Calls on the State to ensure that Garda powers are exercised in 'a consistent and unbiased way'

Building special education centres for children with autism instead of guaranteeing them school places is not "where we want to be and it is not where we need to be," according to Minister for Further Education Simon Harris.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission also says there should be training for gardaí in “cultural competence, human rights and equality”

Government moves to improve its record on tackling human trafficking after a critical international report

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission said adequate training on hate crimes for the judiciary, prosecutors and gardaí was “essential”

The WRC had ruled that the Garda Commissioner had not demonstrated that there would be a significant number of gardaí unable to perform physically demanding tasks if the upper age limit was removed

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has called for an urgent overhaul of liquor licensing laws, claiming the current laws disproportionately and significantly impact minority groups such as disabled people and Traveller communities

State has set aside €31m to address its redress obligations to survivors of sexual abuse in national schools

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission said the court affects a number of fundamental rights including the right to silence and the right to a fair trial

A Traveller advocate group called for urgent reform of "a broken system that is not of our making".

The lead cases are by retired nurse Philomena Lee, 88, who lives in England, and by Galway-based Mary Harney, 72, both former residents of mother and baby homes

Sinéad Gibney of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission wants their practical recommendations published today to empower local authorities to address identified gaps, failures, and inadequacies in their provision of culturally appropriate or Traveller-specific accommodation

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission concerned about several aspects of the draft Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, which seeks to introduce a new system of regulation for defined categories of harmful online content

The Dying With Dignity Bill "falls short" of protecting the right to life, according to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC).

The court's orders and declarations are to be reviewed in three months' time

A white paper on Direct Provision will be published in early February, with the aim of ending the system, according to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

The hospital says the boy has no hope of making any meaningful recovery from catastrophic injuries sustained in a road accident last summer.

New surveys show strong public support for a constitutional right to housing and high satisfaction among social housing tenants as to the quality of their accommodation.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has been designated as Ireland’s Independent National Rapporteur on the Trafficking of Human Beings, with justice minister Helen McEntee stating that IHREC was the "obvious choice" for the role.

The decision is of wide-ranging significance and affects some 40 other cases.

State 'failing in its duty to provide adequate healthcare for many disadvantaged and marginalised individuals'

The number of trafficking victims in Ireland is underestimated because of “major gaps” in identification procedures, a charity supporting women affected by prostitution says.

The Supreme Court, in an important judgment on two test cases, has ruled that two refugees who became citizens here are entitled to seek enhanced family reunification rights under the Refugee Act 1996.

Women and men left out of the temporary wage subsidy scheme due to maternity or paternity leave will have their payments backdated to March.

Parents were thrown into further confusion yesterday after the Minister for Education said students would not be returning to school in September as normal.

The Finance Minister says that he is "very aware" of an anomaly in the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme which has locked women returning from maternity leave out of payments.

“Blatant discrimination against women” is how a Labour senator described the temporary wage subsidy scheme which "locks out" those who want to return to work but were on unpaid maternity leave in late February.

Asylum seekers who say they are "trapped" in Covid-19 infested direct provision centres can isolate at a Dublin hotel instead, the National Public Health Emergency Team said.

Gardaí will mount high visibility patrols at tourist hotspots, parks and beauty spots to ensure people are complying with lockdown restrictions this weekend.