The Irish Times

Delays in accessing abortions in Ireland are violating women’s rights, says expert

Major violations 'embedded' in legislation must be addressed in review, expert states

Thu Sept 23 2021 - 01:00

Religious oaths must be removed from State activities

Atheist rights breached when witnesses in court made to swear on the Bible

Tue Aug 11 2020 - 01:00

Derry woman considers UN complaint over UK citizenship ruling

Taoiseach backs Emma DeSouza’s case: British law ‘out of step’ with NI peace treaty

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 20:20

Human rights concerns raised ahead of RCSI Bahrain accreditation

Medical Council urged to consider allegations of mistreatment in regime

Mon Sept 16 2019 - 02:54

Senior judge says he was not told of plan to suspend second non-jury court

Mr Justice Tony Hunt responds to report that Special Criminal Court 2 not being used from next year

Mon Aug 26 2019 - 19:55

Second Special Criminal Court to suspend operation amid falling case numbers

Caseload has decreased every year since the controversial court was established

Sat Aug 24 2019 - 02:34

Facebook’s court appeal over data transfer case set for January

Supreme Court refuses attempt by UK data expert to join case

Thu Nov 01 2018 - 16:26

France’s veil ban violates human rights, UN committee finds

Panel of experts rejects Paris’s claims the measure is justified on security grounds

Tue Oct 23 2018 - 19:33

Amnesty report highlights Irish asylum-seeker concerns

Human rights group says ‘hate-filled rhetoric’ having ‘terrifying consequences’ globally

Thu Feb 22 2018 - 18:53

New report on women’s health criticises Ireland’s restrictive abortion laws

European Commissioner for Human Rights focuses on laws in Republic and North

Tue Dec 05 2017 - 11:31

Woman paid €30,000 over having to travel for abortion

UN Human Rights Committee case concerns abortion in UK for fatal foetal abnormality

Tue Nov 07 2017 - 19:53

UN bodies clash over abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities

Disability committee says no guarantee whether impairments are fatal or not

Fri Oct 27 2017 - 01:00

Minister for Health wants abortion referendum next year

Harris says issue of fatal foetal abnormalities should be addressed by this Government

Tue Jun 13 2017 - 21:18

Irish abortion law violated woman’s human rights, UN says

Siobhan Whelan forced to travel to UK for abortion after fatal foetal abnormality diagnosis

Tue Jun 13 2017 - 15:11

We deserve a secular State for a pluralist people

Ireland’s population has moved on from the church but our politicians have not

Mon May 15 2017 - 13:47

Ireland’s UN Security Council seat campaign an exercise in vanity

Resources and staff diverted from crucial Brexit negotiations merely to boost prestige

Mon Apr 03 2017 - 00:33

Complaints upheld against Ray D’Arcy show abortion coverage

Broadcasting authority issues warning notice following interview with couple in June

Wed Dec 21 2016 - 20:47

Harris should meet parents of babies with life-limiting conditions

More support services needed for parents who choose to continue with such pregnancies

Sat Dec 03 2016 - 03:00

Symphysiotomy falsehoods: Ireland’s culture of impunity must end

Medical ambition was behind breaches of women’s human rights yet no person or agency has ever been held to account

Thu Oct 27 2016 - 01:00

Mellet still waiting for Government response to UN ruling

Lawyers say there has been no meaningful engagement since abortion decision

Tue Oct 25 2016 - 19:00

The abortion issue and Ireland: a timeline from 1983

Four referendums on divisive subject have taken place over past three decades

Sat Oct 15 2016 - 18:01

Mother whose son died after medical errors calls for honesty

Margaret Murphy says staff are anxious about ‘putting their head above the parapet’

Mon Oct 10 2016 - 01:00

Judiciary record ‘mixed’ over human rights protection, judge says

‘Ireland had done well over the past 100 years and could do a lot better in the coming hundred’

Sat Oct 08 2016 - 15:38

Colm O’Gorman: Public support for greater abortion access is overwhelming

The Eighth Amendment needs to go, and a legal and healthcare framework put in place that respects women’s and girls’ rights

Thu Jul 07 2016 - 01:00

Vindicating women’s rights does not lead to chaos

Jacky Jones: Today foetuses matter only until birth; children’s lives afterwards count for less

Tue Jun 21 2016 - 05:45

Emer O’Toole: What can we expect of Enda Kenny’s abortion convention?

Taoiseach cannot be that ignorant of an issue which has divided Irish society for decades and on which he had to reluctantly legislate in 2013

Mon Jun 20 2016 - 08:50

Wallace Bill on abortion to go before Dáil

Private Members’ Bill allows for termination in cases of fatal foetal abnormality

Fri Jun 17 2016 - 17:00

Dáil to vote on Bill allowing abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality

TDs will vote on the legislation proposed by Mick Wallace on June 30th

Fri Jun 17 2016 - 14:03

UN abortion ruling is ‘not binding’, Enda Kenny says

Taoiseach warns against an immediate attempt to repeal the Eighth Amendment

Wed Jun 15 2016 - 01:00

Enda Kenny to bring memo to Cabinet on abortion assembly

Ruth Coppinger says abortion assembly a ‘charade’ and accuses Kenny of not listening

Wed Jun 15 2016 - 01:00

Kenny to bring memo on abortion assembly to Cabinet next week

Taoiseach says ‘it is pointless rushing into a referendum’ without consensus

Tue Jun 14 2016 - 15:52

Cabinet to announce €100m infrastructure fund

Scheme means the cost of infrastructure provision would be partially borne by State

Tue Jun 14 2016 - 01:00

Limits needed if eighth amendment repealed, says Leo Varadkar

Varadkar defends Government position that a citizen’s assembly be held before a referendum

Sun Jun 12 2016 - 17:02

UN committee ruling on abortion: An obligation on the Government to legislate

The onus on the State is a political/diplomatic one – how long does Ireland mind being cited internationally as being in breach of the covenant?

Sat Jun 11 2016 - 00:00