Ireland pressures Hungary to drop anti-gay laws
A group of European countries including Ireland is putting pressure to reverse anti-gay laws. The declaration has now been signed by 17 EU member states shocked by a raft of…
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…
EU threatens to take Ireland to court over European Arrest Warrant
The EU could take Ireland to court unless it correctly puts in place requirements under the European Arrest Warrant, the European Commission has warned. The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) allows…
McGrath cancels Spanish trip after blackouts
Ireland’s European Commissioner, Michael McGrath, has cancelled a planned official visit to Spain. Spain and Portugal is suffering a major electricity blackout. According to the portugese energy operator, the massive…
Biometric readers can be tricked, warns Europol
Finger print scanners, iris eye-readers and facial recognition technology can be tricked into allowing hackers access, the EU’s law enforcement agency has warned. Fingerprints have become a popular method of…
Counterfeit banknotes on the rise
The number of counterfeit bank notes has risen to its highest level in five years, the European Central bank has warned. More than half a million Euro banknotes were withdrawn…
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…
Six suspected drug traffickers arrested as part of international operation
An Garda Síochána have arrested six people suspected of involvement in large-scale drug trafficking. The arrests were part of an international operation coordinated by the EU’s law enforcement agency, Europol.…
Council of Europe accuses Ireland of ‘institutional racism’ against Traveller and Roma communities
Traveller and Roma communities in Ireland continue to be subjected to “discrimination, prejudice and institutional racism”, that’s according to the Council of Europe’s expert group on national minorities. Whilst Irish…
McGrath launches Democracy Shield pet project
Michael McGrath will chair the “very first” meeting today towards the establishment of an EU ‘Democracy Shield’, a key pet project of Ireland’s European Commissioner, and President von der Leyen.…