On Wednesday the Finance No. 3 Bill 2011 was debated in Dáil Eireann and passed through second stage without a vote. The Bill seeks to revise the tax codes which are affected by the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights of Cohabitants Act 2010. One clause of the bill will give a child whose parents are […]
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Yesterday the Council Of Europe released comprehensive research on LGBT rights in Europe. There are 47 states in membership of the Council of Europe and they all are signatories of the European Convention on Human Rights, (but not all of them uphold it.) The Council of Europe’s Commissioner on Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg is outspoken […]
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In today’s Sunday Times (behind a paywall) Mark Tighe reports that Fine Gael have dumped ‘guru’ Ravi Singh and Election Mall. After the website was hacked an investigation with the Data Protection Commissioners took place and it appears that Election Mall refused to cooperate with the investigation and would not provide the logs to the […]
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Just announced by Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. I am not sure what the reaction will be and if if goes far enough. Will update with more. Update: The advocacy group Justice for Magdalenes have released a statement welcoming the inquiry but have expressed disappointment in the lack of an apology from the […]
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This week the Seanad will debate a motion in private members time proposed by members of the nominated senators group – the so called Endapendents. Given the reduction in the numbers of committees announced by the government last week the opportunities for experts, organisations and communities to present issues to parliamentarians will be noticeably less. […]
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