Yesterday (October 9 2013) in the Dáil, the Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter TD responded to Carl O’ Brien’s series of articles on the … More
Category: Social Policy
Closing Our Eyes: Irish Society & Direct Provision
Direct provision is front page news in Ireland today (08 October 2013) Carl O’Brien has a number of pieces (here, here, here and here) in today’s … More
Social Welfare Law & Asylum Seekers in Ireland: An Anatomy of Exclusion
As noted in July 2013 on this blog, there is currently a challenge to the direct provision system before the Irish courts. … More
The Ombudsman & Direct Provision
Yesterday, the Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly launched a well reasoned critique of the direct provision system (news coverage here and all Human Rights in Ireland’s posts on … More
World Day of Social Justice 2011 & Ireland
Today marks the UN World Day of Social Justice. A society built on social justice is a society that not only … More
Legislating for Article 40.3.3: Thornton on The Right to Travel, Reproductive Rights and Asylum Seekers
Author: Dr Liam Thornton, School of Law, University College Dublin I. The Right to Travel The thirteenth amendment to the constitution recognised that … More
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