Ireland is a pluralist country with outdated privileges for Catholics
As a microcosm of society, the Defence Forces should have a neutral policy on religion
As a microcosm of society, the Defence Forces should have a neutral policy on religion
Difficult to determine what qualifies as essential travel, Oireachtas committee hears
Law that tightens control over judiciary passed during chaotic parliamentary session
Council of Europe calls for a halt to sweeping criminal justice reforms
Deputies vote to bar refugees with ban on arrival of any ‘alien population’
Viktor Orban ready to defy critics with controversial vote on World Refugee Day
EU concerned as Romania follows Poland and Hungary on corruption law reform drive
Healthcare law passes and Bills to end deputies' legal immunity advance
Budapest calls for review of EU-Ukraine relations over reform of language tuition
Andrzej Duda has said he wants greater control over judicial appointments
The Law and Order party is taking control in a way that threatens to set the country back
European Union criticisms of conservative reform agenda dismissed by foreign minister
Constitutional tribunal effectively declares war on conservative PiS government
The European Union has embarked on an utterly pointless conflict with Warsaw. Poland is not a naughty pupil in need of schoolmasterly rebuke
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