Emily Logan
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Response to UN on reproductive rights ‘deeply concerning’
- Social Affairs
- September 23, 2016, 21:18
The Government’s rejection of 16 recommendations from the United Nations on women’s reproductive rights was raised at a session of the UN’s Human Righ(...)

Rights body urges action on direct provision reform
- Social Affairs
- June 16, 2016, 19:57
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has called on the Government to “move without delay” in implementing in full the recommendation(...)

New inquiry to be held into Shane Tuohey’s death
- Crime & Law
- June 15, 2016, 01:01
The death of a man in disputed circumstances 14 years ago is to be investigated by a new statutory inquiry, the Department of Justice has said. The i(...)

Junior Cert CSPE paper leads to mistaken identities
- Education
- June 13, 2016, 17:59
A photo question on the Junior Cert CSPE paper asking students to identify Northern Ireland’s First Minister left some students scratching their heads(...)

Call for action on Traveller rights ruling
- Social Affairs
- May 17, 2016, 01:00
The Department of Justice and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) have clashed over whether a European ruling on Travellers’ right(...)

Fitzgerald faces questions on human rights record in Geneva
- Irish News
- May 11, 2016, 12:29
Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald is in Geneva to face questioning before the United Nations on Ireland’s human rights record. Sh(...)

Equal but different: targeting healthcare by sex and gender
- Health & Family
- May 9, 2016, 09:00
I’m at a seminar on advancing gender equality in healthcare. Words such as genderproofing services, gender-sensitive approaches and gender mainstreami(...)

Several Roma families forced to share room, Pavee Point event hears
- Social Affairs
- April 9, 2016, 01:00
Levels of poverty among the Roma community are so extreme that in many case several families share a single room, a Roma advocate has said. Pavee Po(...)

Niall Crowley: Landlord discrimination row is very revealing
- Opinion
- April 1, 2016, 01:00
The recent row about discrimination by landlords between the Workplace Relations Commission and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission came an(...)

Rent allowance tenants face delays over complaints hearings
- Social Affairs
- February 26, 2016, 08:22
Tenants receiving State rent allowances who allege they have faced discrimination by landlords will not have their complaints heard until next year, t(...)