Discrimination in the housing rental market against people on social welfare supports is systemic, says the head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC).

A dentist refused to treat a woman while she was in the dentist chair and under anaesthetic after she disclosed to him that she had HIV status.

A licensed premises has agreed to pay compensation of €3,500 to a customer with a brain tumour after he was mistaken for a drunk when asked to leave the premises.

This International Women’s Day, the theme is Balance For Better. Some of Ireland’s most successful women share their experience of gender balance with Ciara McDonnell

The country’s first ever statutory advisory committee to support monitoring of Ireland’s implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will begin work today with the official appointment of 11 members.

Replacing the ‘women in the home’ provision in the Constitution with a broad reference to all carers could lead to a spate of compensation claims against the State, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

The State has a responsibility to send “a clear message” that hate crime will not be tolerated, the head of the country’s human rights agency has said.

Black people, Travellers, lone parents, people with disabilities, and young males are suffering blatant discrimination in accessing housing.

A new report from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the ESRI shows that people with disabilities are more likely to live in poorer conditions.

A United Nations special rapporteur has said homelessness is a human rights violation amid calls for a constitutional right to housing in this country.

"No more isolation. The burden of shame is gone."

Historian Catherine Corless, the Irish Coast Guard, crew of Rescue 116, rugby referee Joy Neville and campaigner Vera Twomey were among those honoured at tonight’s Rehab People of the Year Awards.

Half of Irish people believe some cultures are superior to others and almost half think some races are born harder working than others.

The UK's withdrawal from the EU threatens equality of rights on the island of Ireland protected under the Good Friday Agreement, it has been warned.

The Irish human rights watchdog is to press the Government to ensure that measures to protect against exploitation are included in any conditions, for access to employment, for people living in direct provision.

The State’s human rights watchdog has expressed concerns over Government proposals to reform Ireland’s bugging laws.

The country’s human rights chief has expressed disappointment that Skills Minister John Halligan tried to defend his discriminatory questioning of a prospective employee rather than simply accept that he was wrong.

Lisa Waterman is delighted to be part of a new training scheme for people with Down syndrome, writes Rita de Brún.

Fine Gael concerns that the abortion referendum could ultimately tear the Government apart have been underlined after a party TD accused one of her colleagues of “lies” and producing “fake” facts on the issue.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has criticised the Irish government for failing to ratify a UN protocol against torture, despite signalling its intention to do so ten years ago.

THE findings by Ombudsman Peter Tyndal of systemic failings by Tusla are both revealing and shocking. Revealing because of his forensic examination of the practices of the child and family agency, and shocking because his report unearths a litany of mistakes and malpractices.

Ireland has been criticised for the “significant gaps” in its protection of human rights, according to a report submitted to the UN.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission wants homeless families moved from emergency accommodation into permanent housing within three months.

Emily Logan says if we use existing legal structures and treat individuals around us as human beings, we won’t need to go on air to have our rights upheld.

Ireland’s human rights watchdog handled almost 1,800 queries last year with its chief commissioner claiming 2016 was “a year in which forms of hate and intolerance took centre stage”.

Up to 3,000 asylum seekers could soon be eligible to join the workforce after the Supreme Court found banning them from employment is unconstitutional.

Prof Shannon’s report details barbaric abuse of children by parents, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

The State’s equality watchdog has said a landmark EU court ruling regarding Islamic headscarves did not mean blanket bans by employers on wearing religious signs were lawful.

The Ombudsman for Children says early intervention would prevent the ‘torrent’ of child abuse complaints that can overwhelm child and family services, writes Claire O’Sullivan

Travellers should be recognised as having a distinct ethnicity, the Government will be told.

Children’s rights campaigners have welcomed a move by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission to try to force a Government rethink on its attitude to compensating victims of child sex abuse.

There should be no negative consequences from Brexit for human rights in Ireland, the Irish Human rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has urged.

The ideals of the 1916 Rising should be revived to give people with disabilities a key role in scrutinising how the government ensures their protection, respect and human rights, campaigners have said.

The HSE and Tusla are to be called in for questioning after it emerged another young person was left in a foster home despite allegations of sexual abuse against a carer in the home.

A new national advisory committee of people with disabilities has been recommended as the best way of ensuring disability rights are safeguarded.

Landlords are breaking the law by continuing to turn away tenants who receive rent supplement and other forms of housing or welfare assistance despite the practice being made illegal at the beginning of this year.

The plight of children in poverty and homelessness will today come under an international spotlight when government representatives go before a UN inspection team to defend their record on children’s rights.

A UN committee will today hear that a great deal more work needs to be done on behalf of Irish children, writes Emily Logan

A parish priest has criticised statutory agencies for failing to act on a report carried out over four years, which highlighted appalling living conditions for children at a Limerick City halting site.

More than half of farmers say Ireland should not take in anymore refugees.