150,000 women have left Ireland to access an abortion since 1980. More facts on Ireland and Abortion in this animation from the Irish Family Planning Association released earlier this week.
Entries Tagged as 'Ireland'
Abortion in Ireland – the Numbers
March 2nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Abortion, Irish Politics, Social Policy
Mauled by the Celtic Tiger – CESR report published
February 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy
International human rights organisation the Centre for Economic and Social Rights yesterday published a report reviewing the impact of recession on human rights in Ireland. Mauled by the Celtic Tiger: Human Rights in Ireland’s Economic Meltdown reviews Ireland’s commitments to international human rights instruments, research and statistics available on the impact of austerity on Human, […]
Tags:Austerity·Center for Economic and Social Rights·CESR·Human rights·Ireland
Freezing thoughts warming me up for the wrong reasons
December 21st, 2010 · Comments Off on Freezing thoughts warming me up for the wrong reasons · Irish Politics
Before I start I know that other countries are not coping with the weather very well either. And I know this is an ‘unique weather event.’ However from being stuck at home for most of this month so far due to the risk of injury and lack of mobility I have been able to listen […]
Ireland Inc. bankrupt not only financially
November 19th, 2010 · 25 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics, Personal, Recession
You have probably seen it already. I’m hoping that it was genuine anger and not thinking about the next election. My reaction and those of thousands of people was ‘at long last’ after a truly terrible week and many terrible weeks to come somebody turned to a Government Minister and said stop the lying, look […]
Shopping
November 15th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy
Maybe my staycation is really addling my brain but why are the only job creation initiatives being created in the past few weeks those in the retail sector? Tesco managers refer to Ireland as Treasure Island because the profit margins are so high. (They don’t like us knowing that they call us that or what […]