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Prison ‘not much use’ for sex offenders, says retired Supreme Court judge
Catherine McGuinness defends Tom Humphries sentence
Retired judge could chair judicial appointments body, says FF
Party claims it is willing to compromise on measures in the Judicial Appointments Bill
Dying: breaking a taboo
Up to 12 per cent of total healthcare budget spent on care in last year of life
Ban on asylum seekers looking for work ‘must end’
Former Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness to address right to work event
Parents of murdered Sligo woman previously lost three children
Natalie McGuinness strangled to death by her boyfriend who ‘believed he was in the Matrix’
Miriam Lord: Winston Churchtown missing in action
Shane Ross not present for Leaders’ Questions as Varadkar and Martin manoeuvre
Direct provision ruling must lead to fundamental change
Future generations will be saddened by our failure to act on wholly inadequate system
‘Snob value’ pushing school-leavers to universities – professor
Students unsuited to higher education being shoehorned into universities by parents
Student unions warn against introducing loan scheme
Graduates who emigrate may be ‘too afraid’ to return home, Oireachtas committee told
Legislation would clear the way for a repeal of the Eighth Amendment
Ireland should follow French model in abortion law, protecting mother and unborn
Direct provision system to be addressed at Cork festival
Mother Jones Festival to hear from Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness
Funeral of late Supreme Court judge told of ‘enormous personality’
Frank Griffin ‘a wonderful brother, devoted husband, loving father and adored grandfather’
Gender quotas for senior posts to be introduced at NUI Galway
Move may have significant implications for other colleges and public sector employers
Fr Peter McVerry: 3,000 children could be homeless in 2017
Outgoing Government scores C on keeping its promises to children, charity report says
Mr Justice Paul Carney: a man of compassion and innovation
Profile: A stickler for tradition, his reputation was of a judge who was ‘tough but fair’
‘The heavens have not fallen’ since 1995 divorce referendum
Former judge tells Merriman summer school we now have more equality between spouses
NUIG agrees to gender taskforce recommendations
University welcomes report as Siptu branch questions credibility of group’s findings
NUIG staff should undergo gender bias training, report says
Group calls for new measures to counteract discrimination against women at university
Garda involvement in Yes campaign event ‘not appropriate’
Registration event involving gardaí called off after backlash from No campaigners
Garda Commissioner to look at involvement in photocall
Nóirín O’Sullivan says it was not appropriate that garda was part of Yes side photocall
Review of garda participation in referendum photocall
Campaign group say Garda station photo-call was to encourage voter registration
Gardaí investigate referendum photocall with uniformed member
No campaigner describes Yes photo as a blatant attempt to politicise the gardaí
Courts need more resources for domestic violence, says ex-Supreme Court judge
Safe Ireland report presents women’s experience of legal remedies for domestic violence
Taskforce on gender equality initiated by NUI Galway
Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington says ‘concrete action’ required
Research finds Irish Muslim teenagers face isolation and racism
Sociologist finds sport is sole means for some to meet people of different backgrounds
Ireland ‘needs to learn lessons’ from France, Catherine McGuinness says
Lobbying for illegal Irish in US contrasted with approach to immigrants here, retired judge says
EirGrid to improve ‘community relations’ after pylon debacle
Planning permission for GridWest and GridLink projects to be sought by mid-2016
Direct provision system poses risk of sexual violence – report
Third of asylum-seekers or refugees presenting to rape crisis centres in 2012 were minors at time of assault
Criticism of direct provision system for asylum seekers continues to grow
Confidential document warns improving the Irish system increases the risk of asylum seekers from the UK moving to the State for better conditions
Could direct provision be the subject of a future government apology?
Reports from campaign groups have highlighted the damage direct provision is causing residents
More than 4,000 living in ‘direct provision’ system
‘Irish Times’ series explores the lives of these ostracised people who are barred from work and welfare
Costs for mother and baby home inquiry must not come ‘from children who are alive’
Government gets F grade for treatment of migrant children in direct provision
Irish personalities reveal moments that changed their lives in a new book
About 100 people attended the launch of ‘Life Is For Living’ book
‘Shovel-ready’ Emer pauses Eurospeak to take a dig at poll frontrunner Sinn Féin
Labour’s Euro hopeful is fighting hard in face of possible party meltdown
Anti-pylon campaigners dismayed at terms of reference for EirGrid review
Rethinkpylons.org suggests converting Moneypoint power station to biomass-based electricity production
Single person could wait decade for a house in Dublin, says homeless agency
Daisyhouse Housing Association says supported housing is not being made available
Report says ‘significant improvement’ needed on children’s rights
Alliance of 100 groups welcomes legislative reform but criticises implementation
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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