A mother has gone to the High Court in a bid to make the HSE comply with her request for a home birth.

The European Court of Human Rights is to hear an appeal next year by a Corkwoman against a Supreme Court ruling the State was not legally liable for the sexual abuse she suffered as a child by her teacher.

The daughter of the late Evelyn Joel is to bring a High Court action aimed at preventing her retrial on a charge of gross negligence manslaughter of her mother.

A pilot court project will dramatically cut waiting times for criminal trials, according to a leadingvictims’ organisation.

THE European Court of Human Rights has asked the state to respond to several questions over its handling of official investigations into the Stardust fire tragedy.

Some unionist criticisms of the proposed Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland are factually incorrect, the Human Rights Commission claimed today.

A suspected al-Qaida member removed to Spain to face trial for allegedly conspiring in the 9/11 terror attacks in the US has lost his High Court bid to get back to the UK.

Four people facing jail over their failure to meet credit union loan instalments have brought High Court proceedings arguing that the manner in which their cases were dealt with breaches the State's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights.

The report into the death of 14-year old Brian Rossiter has identified a clear violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, according to the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL).

Europe’s human rights watchdog is conducting a five-day investigation next week into the human rights situation in Ireland.

THE High Court judge in the Mr G case has challenged the Government to review the rights of unmarried fathers.

The Russian prosecutor-general’s office today said it would not turn over Andrei Lugovoy, charged by Britain in the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko, the Interfax news agency reported.

Lawyers representing the families of two IRA men shot dead by security forces in controversial circumstances went to the House of Lords today to challenge the manner in which the inquests into their deaths will proceed.

The Irish state’s refusal to recognise or allow same-sex marriages was compared to racial prejudice in the US during a landmark case before the High Court today.

The group representing people affected by the 1981 Stardust disaster is reportedly threatening to take the Government before the European courts.

IRISH women pregnant with babies with potentially fatal abnormalities should be able to have an abortion in Ireland, the European Court of Human Rights will be told today.

Caroline O’Doherty and Michael Brennan

THE family of an Iraqi civilian allegedly unlawfully killed by British troops while in custody won a “historic” human rights ruling yesterday which opens the way for an independent investigation into his death.