It is over two-and-a-half years since the Northern Ireland Assembly last sat. In that time, many issues have come and gone, and many more are threatening the public services in Northern Ireland through the inaction of the main parties in … Continue reading Assembly gathers to pretend to care about Northern Ireland
Gibraltar’s Equality Rights Group launched a new book recently, “From Town to City”, giving some ideas and reflections on civil society, equality, and human and civil rights. Continue reading From Town to City: reflections for Gibraltar
With the decision reached in the European Court of Human Rights in the A, B, and C case of three Irish women who challenged the constitutional protection for children before birth, there is a grave danger that the Houses of the Oireachtas will feel that they must change the law in Éire. John Smeaton of the Society for Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) says that this would be wrong, and he is urging the people of Ireland to resist pressure from the ECHR to change.
The court rejected the legal arguments of the first two women, but said that the third woman’s right to a private life under article 8 of the European Convention had been violated by a failure of the Irish state to make her rights regarding abortion* accessible to her. The court claimed that the Irish Constitution gives women a right to abortion under the Constitution Continue reading “Ireland urged to resist warped court decision on abortion”
Opinion: Catholic Church opposition to abortion conference The conference being held at the Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle, County Down on the subject of Abortion hosted by the so-called Family Planning Association has been rightly condemned by the hierarchy of the Church in Ireland…. Child Benefit reforms – Social Liberal Forum responds Reposted from Social Liberal Forum Following Chancellor George Osborne MP’s announcements regarding child benefit, the Social Liberal Forum has released the following Position Statement:… Bus shelters – not just a Belfast problem Although the contract for bus shelters between Roads Service and Adshel has finished, there is very definitely … Continue reading What I blogged elsewhere yesterday…
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