A woman who harassed the wife of a former colleague by sending her hundreds of offensive texts, calls, and tweets, has been remanded in custody after she again tweeted about her victim.

Foreign workers are more likely to take a claim for unfair dismissal against their employer than their Irish counterparts, according to new research on the rulings of the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT).

THE forced labour of workers and immigrants is under scrutiny as Justice Minister Alan Shatter considers laws to criminalise abuses.

GARDAÍ have investigated 47 cases of alleged human trafficking for labour exploitation — but no prosecutions have been taken.

AN award-winning restaurant has yet to pay a migrant worker the €86,000 it owes him after being found guilty of gross exploitation.

A GROUP of training course members including three Travellers were discriminated against when they were refused service at a hotel during a lunchtime break.

LOCAL authorities have no hope of delivering on their legal obligation to provide halting sites or other accommodation for Travellers, it emerged yesterday.