While I was on holidays a work colleague texted me to say she had been canvassed by Cóir. The canvasser told her that if Lisbon was passed that she would be put down like a dog. My colleague has cerebral palsy. She didn’t argue back and managed to move away. I was shocked but not […]
Tags:Disability·EU·European Union·Human rights·Ireland·Lisbon Treaty·Society and Culture
Last Friday a group of 18 male asylum seekers in Ennis received a fax from the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) telling them them that they had a week to pack up their belongings and move to places they didn’t know. It’s not deportation (something which happens in this state far more than we know […]
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Re-reading the Report of An Bord Snip Nua last week I noted the recommendations to remove several areas of the Equality brief from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to the Department of Enterprise and Employment. Included in the report are the following:- Reallocate the statutory employment and occupational benefits responsibilities of the […]
Tags:Bord Snip·Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform·Dermot Ahern·John Gormley·Mary Coughlan·Taoiseach
Firstly for those people who’ve waited for the moment the state actually recognises their relationship and offers a chance to get their affairs in order I’m sure yesterday was a very good day and by the end of the year or early next year there will be a lot of people queuing up to get […]
Tags:Gay Lesbian and Bisexual·Lesbian·Marriage·Mary Hanafin·Minister for Social and Family Affairs·Sexual orientation
Amidst the hype on the junior minister resignations/sackings you may have missed a number of other news stories and spats at the Dáil returned from it’s Easter break. Questions to Justice, Equality and Law Reform Minister Dermot Ahern (he who hogged Questions and Answers on Monday night last..) yesterday in the Dáil continued to focus […]
Tags:Dermot Ahern·Equality Authority·John Gormley·Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform·Pat Rabbitte