Emily Logan
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Roma children in Ireland ‘starving’ due to ‘relentless’ poverty
- Social Affairs
- January 18, 2018, 16:41
Roma children in Ireland are going to school “starving” due to high levels of poverty, a leading member of the community said on Thursday. Gabi Munt(...)

Roma children malnourished due to ‘extreme’ poverty, report says
- Social Affairs
- January 18, 2018, 01:00
More than half the Roma people in Ireland are living in consistent poverty, a study has found. Many Roma households have no income other than through(...)

Bar staff should get anti-racism training, says Traveller activist
- Social Affairs
- December 18, 2017, 01:00
Anti-racism training should be provided to all bar staff, according to the director of the Traveller support organisation, Pavee Point. Ronnie Fay wa(...)

Human rights campaigners defend donations from abroad
- Politics
- December 16, 2017, 01:00
Foreign donations from legitimate organisations to Irish human rights campaigning groups should not necessarily have to be returned, Emily Logan, the (...)

Committee may make Eighth Amendment decision by next week
- Social Affairs
- October 4, 2017, 14:57
The all-party Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment may make a decision as early as next week on whether to recommend repealing or replacing th(...)

Human rights commission calls for legalisation of abortion
- Politics
- October 4, 2017, 01:00
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, the Government’s human rights watchdog, will on Wednesday call on the Government to introduce a refere(...)

Concern as Ireland fails to ratify UN protocol on places of detention
- Social Affairs
- October 2, 2017, 00:05
Ireland has yet to ratify a UN agreement allowing for the inspection of places of detention despite the then government signing it a decade ago today.(...)

Irish men ‘receive 41% more’ in pension payments than women
- Social Affairs
- July 8, 2017, 00:01
Irish men receive an average of 41 per cent more than women in their pension payments, the Citizens’ Assembly will hear today. Emily Logan, chief com(...)

Discrimination in renting most common rights issue raised
- Social Affairs
- June 29, 2017, 06:00
Discrimination in the rental accommodation market was the issue most commonly raised with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission last year, ac(...)

Immigrant rights organisations say ruling is ‘unqualified good news’
- Supreme Court
- May 30, 2017, 17:18
A ruling by the Supreme Court that a ban on asylum seekers working is unconstitutional has been hailed as “unqualified good news” by immigrant rights (...)