Today, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore, makes Ireland’s first address to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Ireland was elected to the council last year and will sit on it until 2015. Meanwhile back at the ranch 1. Irish Government found to be breaching equality laws by not assisting older people with [...]
Yesterday LGBT Noise held a protest outside the opening of the International Eucharistic Congress in the RDS. Like it was going to change anything? The real question that might be asked is if it was a correct and politically astute location and target for a protest? I know there has been a lot of polite [...]
Tags:#IEC2012·Equality·LGBT·LGBT Noise
I saw the invitation for guest posts on this, one of my favourite, blogs & I asked if I could send in a rant about media treatment of the social welfare system. The lovely blogger agreed. Life intervened and the piece which was about half written (in my head) was delayed. Then the UK riots [...]
Tags:Equality·Lone Parents
By now you have probably all heard about the pub in Fairview and it’s banner telling Queen Elizabeth and her family that they are officially barred. What I found interesting was the fact that Gardai have visited and are reported to have said to the owner that he is inciting hatred. I therefore look forward [...]
Female, male, person with a disability, lesbian or gay, member of an ethnic minority, parent, know anyone in any of those categories? That’s you all covered so. Go here, print, cut out, put in your window or beside the front door so that when the candidates come knocking you will remember to ask them about [...]
Tags:#ge11·canvassing·Equality·Equality and Rights Alliance·Human rights
The Equality and Rights Alliance launched their general election campaign yesterday asking voters and political parties to put equality and human rights at the centre of their voting intentions and campaigns. The Alliance is comprised of 155 organisations and activsts representing over 250,000 people living in Ireland. One of the key calls of the campaign [...]
It seems we are blessed with 3 Ministers for Equality this evening – our cup truly runneth over! Brian Cowen emailed supporters this evening inviting them to see his ‘New Cabinet Team’. The Fianna Fáil website is full of smiling faces and mini biographies along with brief explanations of the new remits for the changed [...]
Tags:Department of Justice·Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform·Equality·Human rights·Minister of State·Pat Carey
Overheard from the Equality and Rights Alliance Conference yesterday which I couldn’t attend – from one of the speakers Niall Crowley. It pretty much sums up this week, month and year for me. No Equality, Attack the public services, Mend the banks, Annihilate the community sector (PS: Outside the Box on RTE Radio 1 covered [...]
Five more members of the board of the Equality Authority have resigned. David Joyce from ICTU, Louise McDonnell a senior official in IMPACT (Public sector trade union) and Frank Goodwin from the Carers Association have informed the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern that the authority can no longer fulfill it’s core [...]
Tags:Dermot Ahern·Equality·Equality Authority·Irish Congress of Trade Unions·Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform·Public sector·Trade union
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