The National Women’s Council of Ireland is calling for the urgent introduction of safety zone legislation ahead of a planned 40-day prayer vigil outside the National Maternity Hospital by campaigners opposed to abortion.

Campaigners are warning of pro-life attacks outside hospitals if laws on exclusion zones are not immediately introduced.

Replacing the ‘women in the home’ provision in the Constitution with a broad reference to all carers could lead to a spate of compensation claims against the State, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Trade unions, housing advocates, and community and campaign groups have come together to call for a radical shift in housing policy.

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Cost or geographic location will not be a barrier to women accessing abortion services, Health Minister, Simon Harris has said.

The Together4Yes campaign group has urged TDs and senators to hold “special sittings” over the summer break to ensure planned 12-week abortion access rules become law by the end of August.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has promised to introduce legislation to legalise abortions “as quickly as possible,” and says drafting of the bill will begin immediately.

The public should know the official result of the Eighth Amendment referendum this afternoon after a strong turnout in the historic vote.

The Taoiseach has made a final call to people to come out to vote today in what he has described as “once-in-a-generation decision” for Irish citizens.

A group representing nurses and midwives said voting yes in the abortion referendum is like voting for a ‘horror show’.

Women’s rights campaigners have expressed dismay after further discrepancies were uncovered in the recording of crime statistics — this time involving sexual offences.

Women who have suffered sexual abuse were “retraumatised” by the details of the Belfast rape trial and the way in which the woman at the centre of the case was treated in court.

The yes movement in the abortion referendum expects thousands of volunteers to help its door-to-door campaign. It will also heavily campaign on social media.

Reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on the rights of the unborn was swift and divided. Pro-choice advocates welcomed it, while anti-abortion campaigners said it was rushed and that it exposed Government “hostility” to the unborn child.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced a referendum on abortion will take place in late May and that, if it is passed along with follow-up legislation, terminations will become “safe, legal, and rare”.

Gender quotas should be introduced for next year’s local elections, according to the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI).

The Government is to consider an Oireachtas report recommending a referendum be held to liberalise Ireland’s abortion laws and allow for terminations for pregnancies up to 12 weeks.

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has called for an independent investigation into allegations of harassment at the Gate Theatre, against its former director Michael Colgan.

Newstalk has suspended presenter George Hook amid the ongoing controversy surrounding his comments on rape last week.

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Rape crisis centres, women’s groups and the Policing Authority have welcomed the establishment of four divisional specialist units to investigate domestic, sexual and child abuse.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said he would “never judge any woman” who chose to have an abortion.

Ireland is one of just two countries in Europe that reportedly fails to offer mothers ‘decently-paid’ maternity leave.

A new definition of consent to a sexual act has been signed off by Cabinet which campaigners say will make the law clearer for victims and judges.

The offer of compensation to a woman, who successfully made a case to the United Nations about Ireland’s abortion laws, is a recognition by the State that she was subjected to “cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment because she was forced to travel to seek an abortion, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NCWI) has said.

The offer of compensation to a woman who successfully complained to the United Nations about Ireland’s abortion laws, is a recognition by the State that she was subjected to “cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment because she was forced to travel to seek an abortion, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has said.

There have been 600 submissions made to the Citizens’ Assembly by the public on the issue of the Eighth Amendment.

Irish women will work the equivalent of from now until January 2017 for free as a result of the gender-pay gap, it has been suggested.

Four years on from the death of Savita Halappanavar, the people of Ireland have shown they have not forgotten her.

Keeping childcare costs down will be a challenge when a range of subsidies are introduced next September, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone, said last night.

Pregnancy puts a woman’s body under huge pressure, often leaving her exhausted. A supportive work environment is essential, says Helen O’Callaghan.

Ireland manager Martin O’Neill landed himself in hot water at a press conference in the Aviva Stadium yesterday with an ill-judged attempt at humour.

Newly elected women TDs gathered in Dublin to mark a historic and breakthrough general election for women.

A coalition of 50 groups is calling on the next government to hold a Referendum on repealing the 8th Amendment.

All patrol cars are to carry crime prevention kits, including digital cameras, to help gardaí gather evidence in domestic violence callouts.

Thousands of fathers could be forced to forgo the new paid paternity leave entitlements being introduced next year after employers warned they will not pay them their wages while off work.