There is chilling coincidence in the fact that within days of the death of Ben Bradlee, the great, liberal and inspirational American newspaper editor who brought down the corrupt president Richard Nixon by supporting good, old fashioned and don’t-name-your-sources journalism, that the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against The Irish Times in a benchmark case related to the whether journalists are obliged to name their sources or not.

Decisions on religious symbols and dress code by the European Court of Human Rights appear to treat Christians and Muslims in a different light, writes Dr Claire Hogan.

There are no plans to remove the teaching of religion from schools, the Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has insisted.

A Corkwoman who was sexually abused by her school principal has won a landmark lawsuit against the Irish state for failing to protect her.

An IRA man jailed after a suspected spy ring was unearthed has lost the final leg of legal battles to stop the courts accepting confidential evidence from senior gardaí.

The publication of the expert group on abortion sparked predictably opposing responses from either side of the debate.

Radical cleric Abu Hamza and four other terrorist suspects wanted by the US authorities will be handed over “as quickly as possible”, according to the British home secretary.

A radical Islamic preacher that Britain believes poses a threat to its national security has been granted bail, despite attempts by the Home Office to keep him in prison.

A woman who travelled out of Ireland to terminate a pregnancy while in remission from cancer had her human rights violated because of the country’s ban on abortion, European judges ruled today.

Ireland’s abortion laws are in the human rights spotlight today in a landmark legal ruling which could overturn the country’s sovereign right to protect unconditionally “the life of the unborn”.

Maze prison escapee Brendan “Bik” McFarlane was today awarded €15,000 over his prosecution for the kidnap of supermarket boss Don Tidey.

ITALY began its appeal against a European Court of Human Rights ruling condemning the display of crucifixes in Italian schools in a case that could affect all of Europe.

A EUROPEAN Court of Human Rights decision which upheld the right of five British news organisations to protect an anonymous source by not disclosing a leaked document has been welcomed as a victory for press freedom.

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.

Britain is to delay the extradition of radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza to the US to face charges that he helped set up an al Qaida terror training camp.

An English woman is to hear today if her final attempt to become a mother using her own embryos has been successful.

IRISH infertility experts are hoping that a legal battle over the custody of human embryos will also clarify where Constitutional protection to the unborn begins.

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.

Two British environmental campaigners who took on hamburger chain McDonald’s, and lost, today won their claim that the libel trial was unfair.

Ryanair, has said that it did not receive confirmation from the Nancy Court of Appeal of the stay it requested.

THE verdict of the European Court of Human Rights in the case brought against Britain

French airline Brit Air will suspend its flights between Strasbourg and London from May 17 because of what it says is unfair competition from Irish budget carrier Ryanair.

IRELAND is now the only EU country not to recognise the right of transsexuals to marry following a European Court ruling that British law must permit any such future unions.

British taxpayers could be forced to pay £2bn (€3.2bn ) in compensation to people affected by night flights out of Heathrow airport, it was reported today.