A dentist refused to treat a woman while she was in the dentist chair and under anaesthetic after she disclosed to him that she had HIV status.

A licensed premises has agreed to pay compensation of €3,500 to a customer with a brain tumour after he was mistaken for a drunk when asked to leave the premises.

This International Women’s Day, the theme is Balance For Better. Some of Ireland’s most successful women share their experience of gender balance with Ciara McDonnell

A Northern Ireland department failed to comply with its equality obligations ahead of a controversial decision on cutting an Irish language bursary, an investigation found.

The Irish human rights watchdog is to press the Government to ensure that measures to protect against exploitation are included in any conditions, for access to employment, for people living in direct provision.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has criticised the Irish government for failing to ratify a UN protocol against torture, despite signalling its intention to do so ten years ago.

Ireland’s human rights watchdog handled almost 1,800 queries last year with its chief commissioner claiming 2016 was “a year in which forms of hate and intolerance took centre stage”.

Northern Ireland's Equality Commission needs to take a long look at itself and stop favouring the "metropolitan liberal elite definition" of equality, Stormont's First Minister has said.

Children’s rights campaigners have welcomed a move by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission to try to force a Government rethink on its attitude to compensating victims of child sex abuse.

More than half of farmers say Ireland should not take in anymore refugees.

A sea-crusted wing part washed up on an island in the western Indian Ocean may be the first trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 since it vanished nearly a year and a half ago, and a tragic but finally solid clue to one of aviation’s most perplexing and expensive mysteries.

The proportion of people who think that Ireland is a leader in Europe on human rights and equality rose by 15 percentage points after the Marriage Equality referendum in May.

The Government should demand that private companies provide “humane” accommodation to asylum seekers given it is paying them €43m to operate direct provision centres.

Blaming the troika for hurting the poor will not bail out the Government when its record on protecting the vulnerable is scrutinised by the United Nations next week, the country’s human rights watchdog has warned.

The equality body that supported a gay man in the North his legal battle against Ashers Bakery says it has been vindicated.

A landmark High Court ruling on the country’s human trafficking laws could have “significant implications” for prosecutions going through the courts, legal experts have said.

The State’s independent human rights watchdog has come out strongly in favour of extending marriage to gay people.

The Chief Commissioner (designate) of the new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), has said a new system of redress needs to be put in place urgently for asylum seekers.

Children’s Ombudsman Emily Logan has been widely welcomed as the new head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.

Emily Logan is to be nominated as Chief Commissioner of the new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.

Police noticed a high crime rate against Indians in Australia’s second largest city even before a public furore erupted over the issue and created tensions between Australia and India, a senior official said.

Police in the North are seeking an extra £76m (€82.7m) from the UK government to help combat the increased threat from dissident republicans, the Chief Constable said today.

Two men arrested in connection with the murder of a policeman were released without charge tonight.

Two travellers thrown off a labouring job at the Belfast Odyssey Arena after just one day were today awarded more than £25,000 (€37,000) compensation for racial discrimination.

WE read with dismay and disbelief a letter published in The Irish Examiner of December 15, headlined ‘Girl guide’s standing order a big letdown’.

The number of complaints to the North's Human Rights Commission almost doubled in the last year, it emerged today.

The North's Human Rights Commission today hit out at the system of detaining asylum seekers at a controversial detention centre in Scotland.

The North's Human Rights Commission has expressed renewed concern about the planned use of Taser guns by the PSNI.

The Equality Commission today came under fire from unionists and republicans over its findings on the religious make-up of the North’s public and private sector workforces.

A former African National Congress activist appointed by Nelson Mandela as a justice to South Africa’s Constitutional Court has been lined up for a two day conference on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.

The British government has announced plans to give new powers to the North's Human Rights Commission.

A Protestant woman denied overtime at a Northern Ireland young offenders centre has been awarded £31,000 (€46,800) compensation, it emerged today.

The Northern Ireland Prison Service and the Human Rights Commission were at loggerheads today over where women prisoners should be housed.

An inquiry is to be held into allegations of sexual abuse at one of Northern Ireland’s top preparatory schools, it emerged today.

The British government’s record on human rights came under fierce attack from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission at a major international conference today.

The number of Catholics in the workplace is continuing to rise, according to figures released today.

The Northern Ireland Police Service tonight denied a ban on disabled people joining the police amounted to discrimination.