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

PAMELA IZEVBEKHAI will take her bid to stay in Ireland to the European Court of Human Rights after the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed her attempt to appeal her deportation.

The Supreme Court has been told a second set of documents provided by Nigerian woman Pamela Izevbekhai to prove her daughter died of Female Genital Mutilation are fakes.

A new law banning female genital mutilation (FGM) is long overdue and must be rolled out immediately, it was claimed today.

I REFER to an article in your edition of March 31 headed “Pamela’s battle”.

RESEARCH funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs has found evidence of widespread female genital mutilation (FGM) among some communities in Nigeria.

A NIGERIAN mother battling deportation with her two daughters intends fighting claims by gardaí that she faked the death of her first child, saying the infant died from female genital mutilation.

THE High Court has dismissed a legal challenge aimed at preventing the deportation of a Nigerian woman who claims her two daughters are at risk of serious harm due to female genital mutilation (FGM) if returned to Nigeria.

Amnesty International tonight pleaded with Justice Minister Dermot Ahern to reconsider deporting a Nigerian woman from Ireland over fears her daughters would suffer genital mutilation.

The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge aimed at preventing the deportation of a Nigerian woman who claims her two young daughters are at risk of serious harm due to female genital mutilation (FGM) if returned to Nigeria.

A Nigerian woman who claims her two young daughters are at risk of serious harm due to female genital mutilation (FGM) if the family is deported has commenced her latest legal challenge in a bid to prevent her and her family being returned to Nigeria.

WE write as a concerned mother and daughter in relation to the Government’s decision in the Izevbekhai case (November 19/December 11).

GROUPS working to end female genital mutilation (FGM) have urged the Government to introduce laws specifically outlawing the practice.

A NIGERIAN woman, who believes her two daughters are at risk of serious harm due to female genital mutilation (FGM) if the family is deported to Nigeria, has appealed to the High Court to prevent their deportation until their latest legal challenge has been determined.

More than 3,000 women living in the Republic of Ireland have been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM), it emerged today.

I READ with horror about the attitude to female genital mutilation (FGM) in this country (Irish Examiner, January 15). What is this Government thinking of? Does it even understand what this barbaric act involves?