Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission

Human rights body says lack of resources ‘cannot be relied upon’ as excuse for not meeting obligations

Holly Cairns to complain to State broadcaster over omission of Rory Hearne and Susan Doyle from televised European vote debates

Sinéad Gibney says she ‘worked effectively with colleagues to mitigate any such risk or perception of risk’

State’s lawyers tell court an operation to move homeless applicants this week took ‘enormous’ planning

Study explores equality impact of pandemic on labour market, comparing situations pre- and post-pandemic

International Protection applicants are arriving to find themselves living on the street. But ‘at least there are no bullets’

ActionAid Ireland and National Women’s Council highlight society’s reliance on care provided by women and how such carers get lower pay and pensions

IHREC report says State not addressing the root causes of crises in health, housing, poverty and the cost of living

Sinead Gibney will step down as chief commissioner of IHREC in March to run for European Parliament

Watchdog alleges Government failure to provide suitable reception conditions to meet basic needs of asylum seekers

The case is Irish human rights watchdog’s first invocation of its statutory powers under section 41 of the IHREC Act

The mansplainers are in full ‘listen-ladies!’ voice, telling us we’re reading the thing all wrong

A spokesman for Mr O’Gorman said his department “continues to make every effort to provide accommodation and material reception conditions to those seeking international protection”.

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission invokes powers to take legal action over person’s human rights

Department of Integration could not accommodate 32 International Protection applicants yesterday

The main issues raised are around unintended consequences in the law, such as elderly or vulnerable people being coerced into making a decision

The difference between what men and women earn is about phenomenon of 'greedy work'

Irish Refugee Council says it is unjust that the parents in direct provision do not receive something which is supposed to be a universal benefit

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) identifies ‘structural barriers’ to women’s representation in politics

Forced marriages in some ethnic minority communities remain a ‘hidden issue’ in Ireland due to lack of data, says human rights body

‘Fastest growing criminal industry in the world,’ according to Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission

People being housed in domestic violence refuges are not included in homeless figures, researchers find

Request involved roles at Department of Agriculture and Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission calls on State to address two-tier system

One-third of Government-appointed review group believe the non-jury court is no longer justified

US State Department’s 2023 Trafficking report lists Ireland in ‘tier two’ of its classification system

Calls for a ‘care partner’ scheme to be set up to enable residents in care – either in nursing homes or hospitals – to have at least one advocate to support them

All parts of a society will be judged on how we treat the most vulnerable. We risk being on the wrong side of history if we don’t create a system which can cope with flux and uncertainty

Court heard woman was refused place to stay because she left the Irish Protection Office before a taxi arrived to take her to where she would be accommodated

Similar story for asylum seekers in Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Germany and Poland as Ukrainians enjoy priority treatment and others sometimes struggle

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission calls for a ‘more flexible approach’ to the application of means tests

The non-biological father is not the child’s ‘parent’ as that term is defined under Irish law, judge says

Review may favour reform of non-jury court rather than abolition

Government seem unlikely to adopt such an approach; human rights and care organisations have written to the IHREC asking it to intervene

Cases brought by two Afghan men are being fast-tracked and will be heard by High Court later this month

Problems in child mental health services would have been revealed earlier if Ireland had introduced UN proposals, says Sinéad Gibney

IHREC said 2018 legislation may be limiting access for those who must travel to access care

Civil society groups on both side of the Border raise concerns about “selective passport checks”

Watchdog says figures do not reflect ‘real scale’ of phenomenon in Ireland and trafficking for labour exploitation is under-reported

IHREC publishes 2021 annual report detailing cases it worked on throughout year