Department rejects ICCL claim schools are obliged to use trans students’ preferred pronouns
No legal obligation on schools to use preferred pronouns as stated in ICCL guide, says Department of Education
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Schools must use students’ preferred name and pronouns, says new trans rights guide
Guide produced by civil liberties group warns businesses risk legal action if they fail to uphold rights
Grok images of children are probably not prosecutable, says child protection expert
‘Law or no law’, there is no reason for a programme to generate images of people without clothes on, says former garda
Gardaí will be permitted to use Tasers on children and pregnant women
A pilot programme was launched on Thursday to equip 128 uniformed gardaí with the weapons to evaluate their use in advance of a proposed national roll-out
Hundreds rally in Dublin to demand amnesty for 1,500 asylum seekers
Abolish Direct Provision Ireland group believes EU migration pact will worsen experience of applicants
Plan to verify people’s ages online with Government ID a ‘disproportionate response’
Civil liberty and digital privacy campaigners question legal basis for proposed digital wallets
Ireland’s plan to give Tasers to gardaí is bad policy
Gardaí need adequate tools and training. But Ireland must learn from international evidence about when Tasers add to safety and when they reduce it
Complaint filed against Microsoft Ireland alleging it facilitated mass processing of ‘illegal’ surveillance data on Palestinians
Irish Council for Civil Liberties made the complaint to the Data Protection Commission in Dublin
ICCL submits complaint to European Commission over appointment of Niamh Sweeney to DPC
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties complaint focuses on the process under which former Facebook and WhatsApp public policy head was appointed
Privacy groups assail appointment of ex-tech lobbyist to Irish tech regulator
Campaigners say appointment of Niamh Sweeney undermines trust in Data Protection Commission, which they say has an ‘abysmal’ record in taking on big tech companies
‘Grave concerns’ over rights for asylum seekers under EU migration pact
Oireachtas Bill to adopt agreement goes further than Brussels requires, say rights groups
Garda violated policy on pepper spray during clashes with protesters – report
Pro-Palestine protesters hit with batons during October 4th confrontation near Port Tunnel
People Before Profit allege Garda ‘brutality’ against pro-Palestine protesters
‘Multiple head injuries and broken wrist’ among injuries suffered on Saturday, activists say
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