THE JUSTICE for Magdalenes group (JFM) has asked the Irish Human Rights Commission to conduct an inquiry into the state’s refusal to acknowledge their role in the laundries.

LAWS allowing gardaí, schools and health authorities exchange so-called “soft-information” about suspected paedophiles have still not been drafted because of what the Government described as “complex constitutional issues”.

Ireland has breached European human rights law over its failure to recognise a sex change that a transsexual underwent more than a decade ago.

A CASE taken by an unmarried father and due for hearing in the High Court soon could have huge political and legal ramifications for the rights of unmarried fathers in this country.

A senior member of the Council of Europe today called the European Union’s new human rights agency “a horrible waste of money,” and suggested the EU leave monitoring of rights issues to the Strasbourg-based watchdog.

THE Director of Public Prosecutions is considering whether criminal charges should be brought against armed gardaí who shot dead two raiders in a trap last May.

Ireland could be brought before the European Court of Human Rights for failing to protect the rights of unmarried fathers, a legal expert has warned.

A BRITISH woman yesterday launched an unprecedented legal battle to win the “right to life” for human embryos.

A Dublin criminal known as the Viper today sought an order in the High Court to prevent the Sunday World newspaper from publishing “sensationalist” articles about him.

GARDAÍ may have breached human rights law in their handling of the May Day protests at the Phoenix Park in Dublin, a rights group said yesterday.

TENSIONS were running high last night ahead of today's May Day marches, following mounting claims by protesters of garda harassment.

LAST night’s Prime Time investigation again emphasised the need for a powerful and independent body to investigate complaints against gardaí.

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger has warned Chelsea they will fail in any bid to sign Patrick Vieira as he defiantly insisted none of his leading players are for sale.

ACTION will be taken to reduce the number of drunks ending up in accident and emergency units, health minister Micheál Martin said yesterday.

MARY Robinson is critical of the Irish state’s failure to enshrine the European Convention of Human Rights in domestic legislation (Irish Examiner, Dec 20). Maybe the judiciary should get proper training. Too much for them to apply human rights. We know: family law, treatment of juvenile offenders, mentally handicapped people ...

The Council of Europe parliamentary assembly has threatened to remove the US and Japan as observers at the organisation unless they stop all executions ‘‘without delay’’ and move to repeal the death penalty, officials said.

It has been revealed that the Orange Order is planning a mass demonstration in Portadown on Saturday.