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Entries Tagged as 'Equality'

Civil Partnership Bill to go to Supreme Court?

July 17th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships

I don’t usually do blog posts on rumours but there’s an awful lot of whispering going on regarding the President calling a meeting of Council of State and sending the Civil Partnership Bill to the Supreme Court to test it’s constitutionality. Early this afternoon the phone and the gchat started going from people in all […]

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Round and Round the Garden

July 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Equality, Equality Authority

The Chairperson of the Equality Authority says that the Authority has been the victim of a campaign of targeted misinformation. In the forward to the Annual Report launched yesterday she says that a campaign of misinformation commenced while the Authority was working to reorganise to ensure no diminution of service to the public. This campaign […]

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More posters at the Anti Civil Partnership Bill Protest

June 30th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Equality, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships

Spot the Cóir Anti Lisbon posters being recycled. Thanks for the pics P – all contributions are welcome to tips(@)mamanpoulet.com

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Civil Partnership Report Stage Thursday July 1

June 30th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Equality, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships

The report stage of the Civil Partnership Bill will take place in the Dáil tomorrow night between 5pm and 9 pm. (Amendments tabled for debate) There is a liveblog available for commentary and you will be able to watch the debate on the liveblog or you can watch it by picking a stream from the […]

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It’s About You

June 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Equality

Launching today is a campaign to highlight that equality and human rights issues are important for everyone. The Equality and Rights Alliance are inviting people to be part of the campaign by uploading a photo and telling what equality and human rights mean to you. So take a moment to spread the word and encourage […]

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