A major security operation swings into action today as Pope Francis arrives in

The referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment has empowered women to speak out about their own personal history, Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has said.

The US foundation which awarded funding to Amnesty Ireland for its campaign against Ireland’s abortion laws has taken issue with the State ethics watchdog’s claims that it had said the money was for “political purposes”.

The ethics watchdog said it ordered Irish organisations to return overseas donations because the donor said the funds were for political purposes — despite the claims of the Irish groups themselves.

The head of Amnesty Ireland has said if the human rights organisation is breaking the law by accepting donations from foreign philanthropic organisations, then “so is the Irish Government”.

The decision by the all-party Oireachtas committee examining Ireland’s abortion law to recommend the repeal of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution in its present form has prompted many people to write to The Irish Examiner on the subject.

Radio personalities have a responsibility when it comes to tackling rape culture — but so do the show sponsors, says Suzanne Harrington

The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform in the US is urging the country’s 50,000 undocumented Irish not to panic about President Trump’s clampdown on immigration — as it will only impact undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records.

Amnesty has raised concerns at Ireland’s actions against national security suspects in a hard-hitting report on counter-terrorism measures taken by EU countries.

The Government is to defy the United Nations by stalling on abortion reform, despite a condemnation of the existing laws as “cruel, inhuman and degrading”.

A coalition of 50 groups is calling on the next government to hold a Referendum on repealing the 8th Amendment.

Ray D’Arcy had a complaint against him upheld for acting in a partisan manner when conducting a radio interview on abortion laws.

More than 80% of the public want wider access to abortion to be made available in Ireland, an opinion poll shows.

Rhona Mahony, master of the NMH, said doctors can only carry out an abortion if there is a substantial risk to the life of the mother.

People of all ages have been urged to vote in today’s referenda or someone else will get to make their decision for them at the ballot box.

An Irish teenager who has spent 541 days in an Egyptian prison has had his trial postponed for the fourth time.

More than 70 Syrian refugees fleeing the ongoing war in their homeland are expected to arrive in Ireland in the next two months.

The Government has been urged to set a date for next year's planned referendum on marriage equality.

Amnesty Ireland will present a detailed report on how to deal with past injustices in the North to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement later.

The Constitutional Convention has voted in favour of reforming economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights in the Constitution.

Amnesty Ireland has voiced serious concern about the failure of Government to raise human rights issues during its trade mission to the Middle East.

A Pakistani schoolgirl, shot by the Pakistani Taliban, and a Grammy-award winning singer will both be presented with prestigious Human Rights awards today.

Ireland’s EU presidency has come in for criticism for its lack of progress on women and Roma rights.

Gay rights campaigners have hailed what they described as a “major milestone” on the journey to full equality as the Government considers a recommendation to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples.

Secondary school students in Co Kildare have written a personal letter to Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for championing the cause of female education.

THE role of the Irish state and society in enabling the abuse and neglect of tens of thousands of children in religious-run institutions has come under the spotlight in an Amnesty report.

CHILD abuse remains a serious threat in Ireland despite over a decade of inquires and reports revealing the suffering of tens of thousands of children at the hands of Church and state.

IN Clonakilty, Co Cork, the local Amnesty group recently celebrated their 25th anniversary with special guest Michael Moane, an attorney who spoke of his work with Guantanamo prisoners, and the ongoing efforts to obtain fair hearings for the men, many of whom have never been linked to terrorist activity.

The head of Catholic Church in Ireland was urged to resign today after he admitted being at meetings where victims of a notorious paedophile priest were forced to take a vow of silence.

Twenty-five Irish NGOs have joined forces to call on the Taoiseach to sign a new international human rights agreement at UN headquarters in New York this week.

Thousands are expected to march through Dublin's streets today calling for the introduction of same-sex marriage

HUMAN rights leaders have accused the Government of reneging on a pledge for more vigilant checks of suspected US rendition flights at Shannon airport.

THE former head of the Equality Authority who resigned in protest at cuts in the organisation’s budget has said the country is in an “equality crisis“.

Placing the Central Mental Hospital beside a super prison in north Co Dublin will isolate patients and reinforce stigmas liked to mental illness, experts warned the Oireachtas Health Committee today.

THE Irish Government has done nothing to investigate alleged rendition flights passing through Shannon Airport, human rights watchdog Amnesty International has said.

PLANS to twin Dublin City with Beijing have met with opposition from councillors and human rights campaigners.

The Irish branch Amnesty International is holding an event in Dublin this afternoon to mark the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Amnesty Ireland has criticised Ireland over a range of issues in its annual report for 2005.

A group of secondary school students bought leg irons and an electric shock baton over the internet to expose the lack of regulation of the arms trade, it emerged tonight.

The Irish branch of Amnesty Ireland is calling on the Government to support an international campaign to draft a treaty regulating the global arms trade.

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture has announced plans to carry out an inspection of Irish prisons next year.

Amnesty International have claimed that fourteen people in Mexico have been framed for murder because of their opposition to excessive logging of local forests.

Hundreds of protesters waving giant handprints marched on the Dáil this evening to call a halt to violence against women.