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Privacy experts from the US, India and Kenya have sharply criticised the Irish Government's handling of privacy concerns over the Public Services Card (PSC) scheme. In statements issued after an international conference on privacy and information rights co-organised by the Irish Council for Civil Li

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called on the Government to ratify the UN Convention on Enforced Disappearances (CED) in order to deliver justice for victims and survivors of mother and baby homes. Marking the International Day of the Disappeared, the civil liberties group said the

There is no legal basis for requiring the Public Services Card (PSC) to access many public services which now require it, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) has ruled. The data protection watchdog has warned that the PSC, originally designed for welfare claimants, has become "far-removed from its

The Government has announced what it calls "significant reforms" to the possession of drugs for personal use in Ireland, introducing alternatives to prosecution for first and second offences but rejecting decriminalisation. Liam Herrick, executive director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (I

A significant number of public bodies who have a right under legislation to use the controversial Public Services Card (PSC) have said it does not benefit them, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said. The civil liberties group surveyed 164 bodies who are either directly or indirectly

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called for the repeal of the Censorship of Publications Acts to "liberate the arts from the threat of censorship once and for all". The civil liberties group has launched a petition which links the legislation, which is rarely used, to the outcry over

Plans to regulate private security personnel employed to enforce court orders have been welcomed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL). The civil rights group told Irish Legal News that tensions over the conduct of security officials at evictions in Dublin last year illustrated the need fo

Leading experts on coronial systems will explore the case for major reform at an event hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) next week. The civil liberties group is co-ordinating new research into the coronial system and has organised the event to draw on the expertise of people who

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has announced the appointment of Doireann Ansbro as senior research and policy officer. Ms Ansbro, a former associate legal adviser to the International Commission of Jurists, succeeds Dr Maeve O'Rourke in the role.