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Economic inequality is "dangerously exacerbated" by climate change, the Irish Human Rights and Equality has warned as Ireland goes under UN scrutiny. The rights body yesterday published its submission to the UN Human Rights Council, which is reviewing Ireland's implementation of recommendations made

Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) chief Liam Herrick has been picked to head the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Mr Herrick's selection by ministers following a public appointment process must now be approved by the Oireachtas before his formal appointment by President Michael D.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has called for the immediate establishment of a redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse. A redress scheme is one of the recommendations in the report of the scoping inquiry set up to examine historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools r

An opinion poll commissioned by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has found overwhelming support for equivalent equality and human rights protections across the island of Ireland. The survey, carried out solely south of the border, found that 73 per cent of respondents agree on the impo

Ireland is breaching the human rights of asylum seekers by failing to provide for their basic needs, including accommodation, the High Court has ruled.

The High Court is to hear a legal challenge to the requirement to register children born abroad to naturalised Irish parents on a 'foreign birth register' before they are recognised as Irish citizens. The applicant in the case is a naturalised Irish citizen whose child was born outside of Ireland.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has published accounts of seven local authority equality action plans that address issues arising in the provision of Traveller accommodation and services. The accounts have been published alongside the Commission's annual report, amid a warning from th

The State has made a significant concession in the ongoing campaign by survivors of historical abuse in schools to access redress by settling 10 High Court actions challenging the State’s refusal to admit them to its most recent redress scheme. In April, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Com

A disability discrimination claim brought by a person with a serious visual impairment against a healthcare service which insisted on communicating appointment dates through letters has been settled. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission provided legal assistance to the person in respect of

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission presented a briefing at the Council of Europe on the ongoing failure by Ireland to fully implement the O’Keeffe v. Ireland judgment, which was delivered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) 10 years ago. The briefing was hosted by the Eur

A deaf woman who was effectively refused access to a public service with the assistance of an Irish Sign Language interpreter has settled a disability discrimination claim with the assistance of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. The woman attempted to access the service over the teleph

The necessity of amending Ireland's equality laws to include socio-economic status as a ground of discrimination is being highlighted at a conference hosted by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in Dublin Castle today. The 'Achieving Equality at Work: Promoting Socio-Economic Equality in

Irish equality law should be urgently updated to prohibit discrimination on the basis of socio-economic status, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. In a policy paper published yesterday, the rights body said this "would recognise that those with a disadvantaged socio-economic st

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has been granted leave from the High Court to exercise its amicus curiae function in a significant case focused on redress for survivors of historic child sexual abuse in schools. As amicus curiae in KW v the Minister for Education, the Government of Ir

A man who was forced to retire at the age of 66 has settled a discrimination claim with assistance from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. The man brought a claim under the Employment Equality Acts after his employer of more than a decade made him retire on reaching the age of 66. He ha