European rights ruling to affect Irish laws

A LANDMARK case in Europe supporting tenancy rights for gay couples will have implications here when Ireland ratifies the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) in December.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Austrian Government unlawfully discriminated against a gay man who had been thrown out of his home after the death of his partner.

A bill is going through the Oireachtas which will adopt the ECHR into Irish law by the end of the year.