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# echr - Tuesday 9 July, 2019
Dáil apology from Taoiseach after judge's finding that abuse redress scheme is 'inherently illogical'
A retired judge said that the State’s approach showed an “inherent inversion of logic and a fundamental unfairness to applicants”.
# echr - Monday 8 July, 2019
Judge says State misinterpreted ruling about redress for school abuse survivors
A retired judge said that the State’s approach showed an “inherent inversion of logic and a fundamental unfairness to applicants”.
# echr - Monday 10 June, 2019
State asked to halt deportation of man convicted of terror offences by European Court of Human Rights
It’s understood the government has agreed to the ECHR’s request.
# echr - Wednesday 1 August, 2018
Second Irish person taking case to Europe over child abuse in Irish schools
John Allen says, ‘The insanity lies with a dysfunctional country, not a damaged child’.
# echr - Tuesday 17 July, 2018
European rights court condemns Russia over treatment of Pussy Riot
The court also condemned the country over its investigation into murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
# echr - Friday 4 May, 2018
Ian Bailey's lawyers advise him to take challenge against murder charge to European Court of Human Rights
Bailey has denied any involvement in the killing of the French film producer in 1996.
# echr - Wednesday 28 March, 2018
Parents of critically-ill English toddler lose last-ditch European Court of Human Rights case
Alfie Evans suffers a “catastrophic and untreatable, progressive, neurodegenerative condition”.
# echr - Tuesday 18 July, 2017
Danish football fans detained over hooliganism fighting for compensation
On 10 October 2009 138 ‘hooligans’ were arrested in Copenhagen.
# echr - Friday 7 July, 2017
Great Ormond Street Hospital applies for new hearing into baby Charlie Gard's case
Ten-month-old baby Charlie suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage from which he will not recover.
# echr - Monday 3 July, 2017
'He prays for them': Pope expresses condolences as baby's life support to be switched off
Ten-month-old baby Charlie suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage from which he will not recover.
# echr - Thursday 29 June, 2017
'We're spending our last precious hours with him': Baby's life support to be switched off
Charlie Gard’s parents have said they are “utterly heartbroken”.
# echr - Tuesday 27 June, 2017
Hospital in 'no rush' to turn off baby's life support machine after parents lose appeal
Charlie Gard’s parents have described the court ruling as “upsetting”.
# echr - Tuesday 20 June, 2017
'We're not horrible people' - Mother of terminally-ill baby defends taking case to European court
Ten-month-old baby Charlie suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage from which he will not recover.
# echr - Tuesday 13 June, 2017
European rights court urges UK to keep treating baby with rare condition
More than £1.3 million has been raised online for the treatment, through more than 83,000 donations.
# echr - Thursday 17 March, 2016
Oliver Kahn loses court case over photos of his children being published despite ban
Two magazines repeatedly published photos of his children despite a blanket ban.
# echr - Tuesday 19 January, 2016
Prisoner who was banned from websites had human rights breached
The prisoner’s complaint related to not being able access sites which would help him fight his case.
# echr - Wednesday 13 January, 2016
Europe says it's OK for the boss to snoop on your private messages at work
The ruling comes after a Romanian engineer was fired over private Yahoo Messenger chats.
# echr - Wednesday 9 December, 2015
Court was right to not recognise marriage of 14-year-old girl
The girl and her ‘husband’ were seeking asylum.
# echr - Friday 27 November, 2015
Non-renewal of a Muslim social worker's contract over headscarf issue ruled legal
France passed a law banning conspicuous religious symbols back in 2004.
# echr - Friday 5 June, 2015
European court rules French doctors can turn off Vincent Lambert's life support
The man’s parents had been fighting to keep him on life support though his wife had said he would not want to be kept alive.
# echr - Tuesday 12 May, 2015
ECHR rules detention of Irish citizens for terror offences not unlawful
Colin Duffy, Gabriel Magee and Teresa Magee were held without charge for 12 days.
# echr - Tuesday 7 April, 2015
Irishman with severe learning difficulties loses life sentence appeal
His case hinged on taped garda interviews not being shown to a jury.
# echr - Friday 13 March, 2015
Author has to pay €53k to in-laws after defaming them in a book
Paying your mother-in-law €20,000 must sting.
# echr - Tuesday 27 January, 2015
Newborn died in ambulance after Turkish hospitals 'offered no care at all'
But what does it mean for Ireland?
# echr - Friday 16 January, 2015
Newspaper allowed to call Joseph Stalin a "bloodthirsty cannibal"
The application was rejected as “manifestly ill-founded” and the case declared inadmissible.
# echr - Sunday 21 September, 2014
Families of German victims of MH17 are to sue Ukraine
Three of the families are to take their case to the European Court of Human Rights.
# echr - Thursday 31 July, 2014
European court rules against Irish murderers fighting life sentences
The ruling relates to a case brought forward by two men serving life sentences for murder.
# echr - Wednesday 16 July, 2014
'I will stay married': Transsexual woman defiant after court ruling
The European Court of Human Rights said her human rights had not been violated.
# echr - Friday 20 June, 2014
Court says bombers not protected as a journalistic source
A group claiming responsibility for bomb attacks in the Netherlands sent a letter to a magazine – and the publication’s offices were subsequently searched.
# echr - Sunday 2 February, 2014
'If that complaint had been acted on, I wouldn't have been abused at all'
Earlier this week Louise O’Keeffe won a landmark case against the Irish State, which was found liable for the sexual abuse she suffered as an 8-year-old.
# echr - Thursday 30 January, 2014
‘Please act on it’: Louise O’Keeffe’s appeal to Taoiseach after apology
The abuse victim was reacting to an apology issued by Enda Kenny this morning with Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore also offering his apologies, saying that O’Keeffe should “never have been subjected to abuse”.
# echr - Wednesday 15 January, 2014
British men cannot sue Saudi Arabia over torture claims
Four men claimed they had been tortured by Saudi Arabian officials, and said their right of access to court had been violated.
# echr - Wednesday 8 January, 2014
Italy told: No law says baby has to have dad's surname
The European Court of Human Rights found that the Italian courts had upheld a ‘patriarchal principle’.
# echr - Sunday 29 December, 2013
Column: 10 years on, Ireland's human rights act has failed to deliver
The ECHR was introduced as a result of a pledge in the Good Friday Agreement to provide “at least an equivalent level of protection of human rights” in the Republic as in Northern Ireland. Ten years on, we have failed to live up to our promises, writes Michael Farrell.
# echr - Saturday 30 November, 2013
Teen girls' rapist and killer freed under rights ruling
European Court of Human Rights ordered immediate release of Miguel Ricart under an October ruling that has several violent convicts demanding their freedom.
# echr - Saturday 23 November, 2013
Son fails in legal bid to change 'Death Match' newspaper article
A Ukranian told the European Court of Human Rights that his country had failed to protect his reputation.
# echr - Thursday 20 June, 2013
Reilly says he won’t be afraid to suspend abortion service as bill introduced in Dáil
In a historic moment, the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill has been introduced into the Dáil this morning.
# echr - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Analysis: Draft abortion law has gaps which require clarification
The new law is a draft and some important issues raised by its publication need clarification, write law experts Jennifer Schweppe and Dr Eimear Spain.
# echr - Monday 29 April, 2013
Fine Gael TD insists he won't support suicide clause in abortion law
Brian Walsh says the Oireachtas hearings found abortion cannot treat suicidal ideation – and won’t allow it be included.
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Poll: What Government coalition do you want?
WITH TALKS BETWEEN Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael set to take place next week, the prospect of a Grand Coalition is looking like a distinct possibility.
According to a Business Post/Red C opinion poll today, fewer than two in ten people want another General Election.
Some 26% of the 3,700 voters surveyed favour a grand coalition involving Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and smaller parties.
Another 26% favour a Sinn Féin-led left-wing government, while 19% of voters say they would prefer a coalition involving Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and smaller parties.
So, today we’re asking: What Government coalition do you want?
Poll Results:
Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael grand coalition with smaller parties (6420)
Sinn Féin-led coalition with smaller parties (3781)
Another General Election (3138)
Sinn Féin-Fianna Fáil coalition with smaller parties (2849)
None of the above (983)
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