An important ruling earlier this month from the Court of Appeal in the UK to a ruling in the Employment Appeal Tribunal concerning a registrar Lillian Ladele. Ms. Ladele took a case against her employer, Islington Council, alleging that she was harassed and discriminated against by the council because she refused to perform registrations at [...]
Tags:Civil partnership in the United Kingdom·Employment Appeal Tribunal
Far too many Review of the Year and Top 10 for 2010 posts about at the moment for me to add to. Instead a few reminders from 2009 and a spotlight on those who you may not hear about and possibly can do without hearing about too. Earlier this year you remember my delight at [...]
Over the past week or so former Ms World winner Rosanna Davison has been bizarrely selling the wares of Supreme Master Television on advertisements running on TV3 and 3E. (Supreme Master Television is available on Sky Channel 595) The channel is all about learning healthy lifestyles and saving the word we are told by Rosanna [...]
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A slumber inspired rambling tangent on recent events. We now know that TV3 didn’t believe in it or stick by whatever the press office in the Department of Finance or Government Press Office asked for before Christmas. Some people, myself included, have difficulty in these agreements and the culture that surrounds them – ie.when a [...]
What the agents of the State were up to yesterday in case you didn’t notice. The Board of NAMA was announced. One woman and no lawyers. The Department of Finance released its regulations regarding the determination of long-term economic value for assets. Read Karl Whelan on Irish Economy for more analysis (h/t Mark) The appointments [...]
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New appointments to the board of the National Disability Authority have been announced just in time for the holidays when few will be noticing. Appointments to the Board of the National Disability Authority In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform by the National Disability Authority Act 1999 [...]
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Poll topping Fine Gael TD from Listowel Jimmy Deenihan has finally broken his silence on the Listowel sex assault case. Today’s Irish Times reports Mr. Deenihan saying ‘Listowel was not the kind of town that would allow a woman to be ostracised.’ “Listowel is a caring, compassionate town. This girl will not be ostracised. She [...]
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John Burn’s writes in today’s Sunday Times about blogging in Ireland and asking where have all the blogs gone like there is some sort of crisis afoot, that it really matters in the state of things, or more like he wants us to think that newspapers were always right about the ‘amateurs’ and indeed are [...]
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There’s a chance given the season that’s in it and that the fact that it was broadcast on Friday night that you missed Insight on UTV. It dealt with the story of Aine Tyrell who was abused by her paedophile father Liam who is the brother of Gerry Adams. Gerry Adams knew of the abuse [...]
I’ve shouted at the radio a lot today and been absolutely horrified at what I heard from Kerry, sometime mid-morning I knew it was time to find something positive to do. So I suggested that if anyone had a bit of spare money that they usually give to a group at this time of year [...]
Tags:Crime·Ireland·Rape·Sexual abuse·Sexual assault·Support Groups·Violence and Abuse
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