Claiming Our Future is taking place in the RDS today. 1000 people from all over the country gathering in a type of citizen assembly to talk about the kind of Ireland they want to live in. A movement for progressive, sustainable change. A live video stream of the event is available here. The event kicks […]
In the first of this weeks Guest Posts – Louise blogs about Imprisonment for Debt Imprisonment solely on the grounds of failure to fulfil a contractual obligation is considered a human rights violation and is prohibited by Article 1 of the 4th Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Article 11 of […]
Tags:Civil and political rights·ECHR·High Court·Human rights·Law·Prison
Did any of the many public figures who commented yesterday on the resignation of Kathleen McMahon as governor of the Dochas Centre in Mountjoy say anything about her comments on overcrowding causing an increase in lesbianism in the prison? Ms McMahon said the regime within the centre had been designed to treat women with dignity […]
Maybe this can be a new series for MP. (submissions to tips @ mamanpoulet.com ) Yesterday evening a ministerial press release landed in my inbox – I didn’t know about the launch of a political pamphlet by Niall Crowley for the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland but it obviously got up the nose of Minister of […]
The Catholic Bishops have been having their spring meeting for the past three days and the press conference today saw them complain about unfair treatment by the media and also express their concerns about the civil partnership bill. The Press release sent out at the end of the meeting says that the bishops are going […]
Tags:Bishops' Conference·Catholic Church·Civil Partnership·Civil Partnership Bill·Patsy McGarry