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Pre-Implantation Embryos and the Irish Constitution

F de Londras wrote 3 days ago: As we blogged earlier the Supreme Court today decided the case of Roche v Roche concerning, inter al … more →

Tags: Constitution of Ireland, Recent cases, Frozen embryos, Right to Life

Judges' pay: an unnecessary, Government-created controversy10 comments

Rossa McMahon wrote 3 days ago: The political football of judges’ pay has been thrown back on the pitch by Fine Gael. In today … more →

Tags: Fine Gael, judges' remuneration, constitution, article 35.5, alan Shatter

Press Coverage of the gay sperm donor given access to his son

Laura Finlay wrote 1 week ago: From the Irish Times: Gay sperm donor given access to his son MARY CAROLAN LEGAL JUDGMENT: THE SUPRE … more →

Tags: Family, Gay Marriage, Lesbian, Gay, same-sex families, MarriagEquality, Equality, Irish Times, irish independent

Watch the ABC case online.

Laura Finlay wrote 1 week ago: What is the ABC Case? From the IFPA website: Three women, known as A, B and C, are challenging Irela … more →

Tags: Abortion, Equality, Women's rights, safe and legal abortion, Bunreacht na hEireann, European Court of Human Rights, ABC Case, IFPA, the X Case

HRinI Blog Symposium on Carmody v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (2009)2 comments

F de Londras wrote 3 weeks ago: Today on Human Rights in Ireland we are delighted to host our first Blog Symposium. Today’s symposiu … more →

Tags: Symposium on Carmody v Minister for Justice, Carmody v Minister for Justice, ECHR Act 2003, legal aid

ISEL Lecture on Constitutional Courts and the Lisbon Treaty

tanyanim wrote 1 month ago: Given previous commentary on this blog here and by guest contributor Roderic O’Gorman here on … more →

Tags: Conferences, Lisbon Treaty

Department of Foreign Affairs and the Sources of International Law2 comments

Aoife O'Donoghue wrote 1 month ago: While searching through the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) website  it occurred to me tha … more →

Tags: Commentary, General International Law, Human Rights, department of foreign affairs, Sources of international law

Is Constitutional Revolution Nigh in Ireland?5 comments

F de Londras wrote 1 month ago: Recent weeks and months have seen a seemingly endless stream of proposals emerge for constitutional … more →

Tags: Commentary, Constitution of Ireland, constitutional amendment, Enda Kenny, Fine Gael

The Exclusionary Rule soon to be before the Supreme Court1 comment

yvonnedaly wrote 1 month ago: The case of DPP v Cash is listed for hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday November 16th 2009. This … more →

Tags: Commentary, Constitution of Ireland, Criminal Justice, law reform, News, ongoing litigation, Recent cases, Criminal Justice policy, european union

Valuing the ‘Parent’ within the Home: Proposals in the Renewed Programme for Government 1 comment

F de Londras wrote 1 month ago: On the day of the Green Party Convention to consider the proposed revised programme for government w … more →

Tags: Commentary, Constitution of Ireland, law reform, Article 41.2, Programme for Government, Women's rights

Why abolish the Seanad?4 comments

Rossa McMahon wrote 2 months ago: Enda Kenny has caused quite a stir with his announcement that Fine Gael would, in government, hold a … more →

Tags: 1937 Constitution, Enda Kenny, Fine Gael, Irish senate, Oireachtas, Seanad

The Immigrant Council of Ireland on Housing and the Migrant Vote

Mairead Enright wrote 2 months ago: The Immigrant Council, together with Focus Ireland, has just published ‘Making a Home in Irela … more →

Tags: Reports, News, Migrants, Immigration, Integration

St Patrick and the Chieftains

frangelo wrote 2 months ago: On the great vigil of Easter in 433, which was also March 25th, Feast of the Annunciation, St. Patri … more →

Tags: Catholic Action, Religion, Family, Pro-Life, Culture, Catholicism, Heroes, Manliness, knaves

Developments on the Magdalen Laundries Front2 comments

aoifenolan wrote 2 months ago: The campaign for redress and reparations for residents of the Magadalen laundies appears to be gathe … more →

Tags: Commentary, Reports, Human Rights, Women, Childrens Rights, Magdalen Laundries, minister for education

A Constitutional Amendment on Children At Last?4 comments

aoifenolan wrote 3 months ago: RTE reports that Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children … more →

Tags: Commentary, Human Rights, Childrens Rights, constitutional amendment

Loose Cannon Law?2 comments

Longman Oz wrote 7 months ago: The Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern put his name to an article in last Friday’s The Irish Times de … more →

Tags: Politics, Ireland, Society, dermot ahern, free speech, blasphemy, law reform

Holy Court Case, Batman

Longman Oz wrote 7 months ago: The story doing the rounds today regarding blasphemous libel has been a confusing one. As part of a  … more →

Tags: Politics, Ireland, Society, dermot ahern, free speech, blasphemy, Defamation, law reform

The Myth of "Neutrality", Revised

Claire wrote 1 year ago: Article 29.4.11: “No provision of this Constitution invalidates laws enacted, acts done or measures … more →

Tags: Lisbon Treaty, EU Constitution, militarisation

The Lisbon Treaty and "Neutrality"3 comments

Claire wrote 1 year ago: Political parties campaigning for a Yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum have recently claimed t … more →

Tags: Lisbon Treaty, Neutrality, eu army


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