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Oireachtas report: Decriminalise personal drug use
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Direct Provision: Failure to follow through on decisions hurts the vulnerable
Direct Provision: Failure to follow through on decisions hurts the vulnerable

It should have been easy to decide on an allowance increase for those in Direct Provision. However, these people have been let down again, writes Sue Conlon            

Thu, 23 Apr, 2015

Ombudsman calls for children’s policing commissioner
Ombudsman calls for children’s policing commissioner

The newly appointed Ombudsman for Children has said An Garda Síochána should consider appointing a commissioner with special responsibility for children’s issues in policing.

Sat, 14 Feb, 2015

Direct provision protesters urge minister to meet them at centre

Asylum seekers have called on Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald to meet them at a Cork direct provision centre where they have been protesting at conditions for the past week.

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