A UNITED NATIONS anti-racism panel has questioned Israel’s policy on preserving holy sites, asking the country to explain whether it protects places considered sacred to religions other than Judaism.

THE plight of a Filipina beautician, who was paid slave wages on an Irish Ferries ship, has turned the spotlight sharply on the need for a radical overhaul of Ireland’s policy of issuing work permits to employers rather than directly to foreign workers.

An Irish Government delegation is due to face further questions from the United Nations today about Ireland’s anti-racism efforts.

An Irish Government delegation is due to appear before a United Nations committee over the next two days to answer questions about Ireland’s anti-racism efforts.

A coalition of NGOs has criticised the Government's attitude to racism ahead of a United Nations meeting to discuss Ireland's efforts in the area.

UNACCOMPANIED minors seeking asylum are living in hostels where they have to buy their own food, cook for themselves and it is very difficult to control their activities, it was claimed yesterday.

WE are writing to add our voices to the concerns expressed by many regarding the recent Immigration Bill, which has been, rightly, denounced as bad law, out of step with equivalent legislation elsewhere and dangerously lacking in any form of monitoring.