Rights groups have renewed calls for hate crime legislation after only 47 incidents were recorded in the first half of the year.

Rights groups have renewed calls for hate crime legislation after only 47 incidents were recorded in the first half of the year.

A constitutional amendment is not needed to allow for the abortion of a foetus that has no chance of survival outside the womb, legal experts have argued.

AN expert on abortion law has said it is an “appalling situation” when three women have to ask the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to resolve the “abortion question” because the Dáil has refused to.

A Waterford man who attended a house party at which a teenager was fatally stabbed in a brawl recalled at the Central Criminal Court today people present watching and cheering the fight.