Centrality of horses to Travellers’ culture must be acknowledged in housing policy - EU
Michael O’Flaherty says situation of Travellers in Ireland among the worst across the EU
People in Ireland among most likely in Europe to be stopped by police
Survey by EU rights agency finds high acceptance for Garda in comparison to other forces
Rights agency head calls for greater appreciation of Traveller culture
Prof Michael O’Flaherty urges better gathering of quality data on Travellers’ lives
Traveller poverty, work and discrimination focus of EU report
Irish Travellers participate relatively highly in school but do less well in wider society
Ireland has ‘worrying pattern’ of racism, head of EU agency warns
A third of those surveyed in Ireland reported discrimination because of skin colour
Tuam survivor: ‘I didn’t know who I was’
Michael O’Flaherty was born in the mother and baby home in 1948 and spent 10 years in a foster home not knowing who his parents were
EU rights group defends foreign funding of NGOs
Amnesty International in Ireland welcomes findings after it refused to repay funding
Questioning of EU human rights infrastructure ‘frightening’
‘In Europe there are a lot of voices challenging very fundamentals of human rights’
Schools should be forced to tackle cyberbullying, conference hears
State’s Special Rapporteur on Child Protection calls for new legislation at EU forum
Irish lawyer separates rights from wrongs at EU agency
Michael O’Flaherty heads up independent body looking out for the downtrodden
Bill aims to wipe the slate clean on certain convictions
Frances Fitzgerald has stated her intention to enact the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 by this summer
Breda O’Brien: Tragic that Amnesty now prioritises undermining the right to life
‘An equal right to life is a much more basic and foundational concept than Constitutional recognition of a loving relationship’
President calls for discourse between economics and human rights
Right to health the focus of President Higgin’s ethics initiative conference at NUIG
Where does the right to a peaceful protest begin and end?
Opinion: This is a timely moment for the Government to take account of practice internationally and put in place the law and policy that best reflects its international human rights obligations
Teacher ordered to pay €50,000 damages to friend he defamed
Man ‘made utterances’ meaning jewellery shop owner was ‘on the take and engaging in dishonest practices’
Lack of NI truth process ‘encourages tribal myth-making’
Haass is holding talks aimed at addressing disputes over parades and flags
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