Politicians have been urged to take inspiration from Lyra McKee ahead of fresh talks to restore power sharing at Stormont.

Ireland’s new intelligence oversight chief must have “full access” to classified material and be “wholly independent” of Government, the former British oversight boss has said.

It looks possible that EU ministers will agree on asylum seeker numbers on Monday, writes European Correspondent Ann Cahill

The Government’s trade mission to the Gulf states has been condemned for “drumming up trade in human rights blackspots”.

A LABOUR backbencher has expressed concern over Ireland’s ability to successfully lead the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) given the financial constraints and crises closer to home.

How much can Ireland really be expected to achieve as the newly appointed OSCE chair, asks Caroline O’Doherty

Tributes are being paid to human rights campaigner Kevin Boyle who has passed away.

A damning new report has found that racism is widespread in Galway's taxi industry.

SCIENTISTS have created an image of how they believe a man whose body was found in a Galway woods three years ago might have looked.

Africa and international peacekeepers will be celebrated at a conference in Galway today.

Groups representing victims of crime say they hope the DPP's call for judges to provide more clarity about sentencing will be heeded.

The Irish Government must search US planes landing at Shannon Airport to establish whether they are carrying terrorist suspects, an United Nations expert on torture said tonight.

IRISH and African experts will examine development issues and the AIDS crisis in Africa as part of a major conference in Cork which starts today.

WOMEN’S groups nationwide are mobilising to challenge the Government on its efforts to eliminate discrimination against women.

WALK down any street in Ireland today and you will hear the accents of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, voices which are now adding to the rich complexity of our increasingly multi-cultural society.

Institutionalised racism in Ireland could result in attacks similar to the Stephen Lawrence murder, it was claimed today.

The Irish Centre for Human Rights and Amnesty International are calling for the Department of Justice and Equality to be split into two separate ministries.

Special measures should be taken to recruit and retain members of minority ethnic communities to posts within the state, it was claimed today.

AN Amnesty International report has questioned the State’s commitment to tackling the problem of institutional racism by claiming there is a “fatal tension” in a key department.

Saddam Hussein’s trial was to resume today, a day after court officials named a new chief judge and ousted another jurist off the five-member panel trying the former Iraqi leader.

IRELAND’S commitment to the world’s poor has long been a source of national pride and international respect.

Governments and armed groups are destroying the human rights of ordinary people, an Amnesty International report will reveal today.