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A marriage is not void in law just because the Minister of Justice has found it to be a marriage of convenience, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has told the Supreme Court. The human rights watchdog yesterday appeared before the court as an amicus curiae in a case expected to clarify

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has welcomed the Supreme Court's judgment in a case that explored the lawfulness of the procedures under which someone can be kept in a hospital or nursing home, and made a ward of court. In its judgment, delivered by Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley, t

A new legal code of practice will be brought forward by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission to promote greater employment of disabled people, the body has said. Once completed, the code, prepared under the Commission's statutory powers, will be legally admissible in evidence in court, Wor

A no-deal Brexit would disrupt cross-border police co-operation on the island of Ireland, with serious consequences for victims and witnesses of crime, researchers have warned. Academics at the University of Glasgow, the University of Strathclyde and Queen's University Belfast were commissioned by t

Property website daft.ie has been ordered to remove discriminatory adverts after they were found to breach the Equal Status Acts. The Workplace Relations Commission yesterday handed down its ruling in the long-running proceedings, which were brought by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has called on the Government to ensure it pursues "an inclusive and transparent selection and appointment process" for members of the commission. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan had earlier written to members of the commission to indicate he w

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) appeared before the Supreme Court yesterday in the landmark Artur Celmer case concerning the European Arrest Warrants system and the right to a fair trial. The commission, in its now-published legal submissions, has sought to assist the court by

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has been granted permission to appear before the Supreme Court in two cases addressing issues including welfare provision and family rights. The first case, Faqan v Dublin City Council, explores how separated parents exercising joint custody of

A judge has held that survivors of child sexual abuse in National Schools cannot be excluded from the State's ex-gratia payment scheme on the basis that they have not established a prior complaint against their abuser. Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill was appointed in 2017, in the wake of a landma

A woman who was refused dental treatment after disclosing her HIV status will receive €10,000 and a written apology under the terms of an agreed settlement. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, which provided legal assistance to the woman, has welcomed the outcome.

An employer which dismissed a man because of his dyspraxia has been ordered to pay €15,000 in compensation, the equivalent of 18 months' pay. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruled against Sky Handling Partner Ltd in the case brought by former employee Stephen Dunne with support from th

A "systemic deficiency" in the procedures governing wardship in Ireland led to a woman being unlawfully detained, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The Commission has appeared before the Supreme Court as amicus curiae in a case that explores whether the procedures under which

Further research on the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement's citizenship provisions could be jointly commissioned by the human rights watchdogs on both sides of the border. The joint committee of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) and Irish Human Rights and Equality Comm

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has been granted liberty to exercise its amicus curiae function in a landmark Supreme Court case concerning a man sought by Polish authorities under a European Arrest Warrant. Last November, Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly of the High Court ruled tha

A bank has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to pay €4,000 in compensation to a Syrian refugee who was denied a bank account. The man was supported by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in taking a case against the bank for breach of the Equal Status Acts 2000