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Mon 08 Aug 2008Robinson criticises plan to merge human rights bodies
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT COMMEMORATION:FORMER PRESIDENT Mary Robinson has sharply criticised a Government proposal to merge a number of human rights agencies.
Speaking yesterday, she said bodies like the Equality Authority were set up to fight for and defend human rights in Ireland and “need to be invigorated, not pared down on the cheap”.
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