EU threatens to cut €200m from Israel
The European Commission will today ask member states including Ireland to cut off hundreds of millions of Euro in research funding from Israel in reaction to the war in Gaza.…
Squalid conditions in Ireland’s prisons, warns Council of Europe
The Council of Europe has warned of pervasive overcrowding, worsening safety levels and inadequate mental healthcare in Ireland’s prisons. The report by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention…
EU pushing ahead with migrant return hubs
The EU is using ‘migration diplomacy’ to convince countries outside Europe to ease migration pressure, the European Commission for Migration says. European interior ministers are meeting in Copenhagen today to…
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EU budget rises to €2 trillion with fisheries and agriculture merged into the same fund
The European Commission has unveiled huge and controversial proposals for a new total budget of €2 trillion to cover the period form 2028 to 2034. The President of the European…
O’Flaherty slams migrant rights backsliding
The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner has critcised European governments for trying to water down protections for migrants. Last month, nine European governments including Poland, Denmark and Italy published…
Irish government gets EU ticking off
The European Commission has criticised the Irish government for failing on social housing, environmental targets and for an unbalanced economy in a new report. Officially calls “country specific recommendations…on the…
Ireland modest rise in rainbow ranking
An annual analysis of LGBTI-friendly countries has ranked Ireland up, but only slightly, from last year. The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, ILGA-Europe, carries out a detailed…
Ireland to sign convention to protect lawyers
Ireland will be amongst the first countries to sign the world’s first international treaty designed to protect lawyers. The Council of Europe says the Convention for the Protection of the…
Hungary’s anti-pride law breaches European Convention on Human Rights, says O’Flaherty
Hungary’s new law banning pride marches is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty has warned. The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner, Michael O’Flaherty, has…
O’Flaherty demands Turkey respect freedom of peaceful assembly
Michael O’Flaherty has warned Turkish authorities to respect human rights during protests which have gripped the country in recent days. The unrest started following the arrest of leading opposition politician…