“Today was a both a celebration of who we are in Ireland now"

The Constitutional Convention has voted in favour of reforming economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights in the Constitution.

Amnesty Ireland has voiced serious concern about the failure of Government to raise human rights issues during its trade mission to the Middle East.

The Garda Ombudsman is to assess a complaint from three Tibetans who claim they were harassed by gardaí as well as prevented from protesting during the visit of Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping.