(CIVICUS Monitor) https://twitter.com/ccpconstitute/status/988855356825702400 Referendum campaign period officially underway At the end of March, the government announced that the referendum on repealing the 8th Amendment to the constitution is scheduled to take place…
(CIVICUS Monitor) News publisher Independent News and Media (INM) is under two investigations by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement for its alleged involvement in a…
(The Irish Times) The State does not have a good reputation for data protection. In 2015 the former German federal commissioner for data protection, Peter Schaar, put it bluntly when…
(CIVICUS Monitor) Association On 19th January 2018, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) launched a report on the “Challenges facing civil society organisations working on human rights in…
(IRISH COUNCIL ON CIVIL LIBERTIES) Election regulations are shutting down civil society, states ICCL The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is today calling on Government to address deficiencies in Ireland’s…
(CIVICUS Monitor) https://twitter.com/AoifeMEOConnor/status/882236043415703557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmonitor.civicus.org%2Fnewsfeed%2F2017%2F07%2F05%2Fcourt-acquittal-protest-rights-ireland%2F On 29th June 2017, a jury found six men, including an elected member of parliament, not guilty of falsely imprisoning Ireland's deputy prime minister in her car during a…
(THE IRISH TIMES) Minister for Communications Denis Naughten was due to rule on contentious takeover The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has welcomed the news that Independent News and Media (INM) will not be…
(EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR PRESS AND MEDIA FREEDOM IN EUROPE) Europe’s media freedom campaigners have sounded a warning over the state of Irish media. At the ECPMF’s Dublin debate #newsocracy2, Dr.…