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# Civil Liberties

This month
May 2023
Voices
Opinion: New legislation reforming garda and oversight bodies isn't in line with best practice
Doireann Ansbro of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties says the proposed reforms of Garda bodies doesn’t go far enough.
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May 9th 2023, 7:00 AM
Last year
2022
# Civil Liberties
Irish Council for Civil Liberties demands that Gardaí not receive power to compel a password
Rights groups have also called on Gardaí to record the ethnicities of people stopped and search in order to prevent discrimination.
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Jun 1st 2022, 5:09 PM
# New powers
Rights group ‘strongly opposed’ to gardaí being granted facial-recognition technology
Civil liberties groups say it enables “mass surveillance”, the Minister for Justice disagrees.
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May 25th 2022, 11:09 AM
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# Justice Committee
Justice Committee: Govt should create strategy to address premature release of info into media
The Joint Committee on Justice released its report ‘Civil Liberties during the Covid-19 Pandemic’ today.
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Sep 28th 2021, 10:10 PM
# Civil Liberties
Call for lockdown protest guidelines after violence at Dublin demonstration
A group says the guidelines could address issues including the size of demonstrations and wearing face coverings.
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Mar 4th 2021, 4:25 PM
# Coronavirus
Cabinet approves emergency Covid-19 legislation ahead of Thursday's Dáil sitting
Leo Varadkar and President Michael D Higgins met this afternoon to discuss the State’s efforts to combat the coronavirus.
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Mar 17th 2020, 6:58 PM
Voices
Lynn Ruane: I'm tabling a bill to support the voices of community and advocacy groups
We need a vibrant and active civil society. Otherwise politicians and big business will call all the shots, writes Senator Lynn Ruane.
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May 12th 2019, 8:30 PM
# GE16 Fact Check
FactCheck: Who wants to get rid of the Special Criminal Court?
TheJournal.ie’s GE16 FactCheck examines claims made by Sinn Féin about a surprising election issue.
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Feb 10th 2016, 7:00 AM
# sticks and stones
A 16-year-old schoolboy was arrested in Turkey for insulting the country's president
He faces up to four years in prison for accusing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of corruption.
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Dec 26th 2014, 12:50 PM
# media lockdown
Open letter to the Taoiseach and Tánaiste: Fight Egypt's jailing of journalists
Irish journalists, academics, union leaders and lawyers urge Irish government to press for freedom of journalists in Cairo.
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Jun 26th 2014, 12:10 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Should suspects in garda custody get more legal protection?
A Supreme Court ruling suggests clarification is needed, what do you think?
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Mar 7th 2014, 10:06 AM
# Civil Liberties
Civil liberties groups claim PRISM breaches international human rights
A full-page newspaper ad, to coincide with an EU-US summit in Dublin, claims surveillance breaches United Nations conventions.
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Jun 14th 2013, 8:46 AM
# My favourite speech
My favourite speech: Simon Harris
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, one of the youngest members of the Dáil, Simon Harris, picks a speech by Bobby Kennedy.
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Aug 18th 2012, 5:00 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Should parents be given access to details of sex offenders in their area?
Should a law similar to the so-called Sarah’s Law in the UK be introduced in Ireland?
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Jul 24th 2012, 10:07 AM
# Facebook
12-year-old girl sues school over Facebook password
The US pupil says she was forced to reveal her personal profile information after posting comments about staff members.
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Mar 11th 2012, 1:25 PM
# Australia
Police in New South Wales granted new powers to remove face veils
Police in Australia’s most populous state will now be permitted to demand that a woman remove her face covering when investigating minor offences.
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Jul 5th 2011, 11:07 AM
# South Africa
Anti-Apartheid leader Kader Asmal dies aged 76
The founder of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, and later a government minister, dies in South Africa.
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Jun 22nd 2011, 8:21 PM
# FBI
FBI to ease restrictions on agents' investigative powers
The FBI is due to release a new edition of its manual that will endow agents with new powers to monitor people who have caught their attention – including rummaging through their rubbish and putting surveillance teams on targets.
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Jun 13th 2011, 12:20 PM
# ID cards
Last-minute rubberstamping of Public Service Cards scheme "a costly political stunt"
Irish civil rights group criticises Eamon O Cuiv issuing of ‘ID cards’ on last day in office.
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Feb 2nd 2011, 6:48 PM