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# rights - Tuesday 21 October, 2014
Au pairs 'used as cheap childcare' and can be underpaid, exploited
New research says that many families in the UK feel that hosting an au pair is the only way they can meet their childcare needs.
# rights - Monday 20 October, 2014
Kildare may have seen its last ever animal circus in the county
The motion, which goes before Kildare County Council, has the support of Mayor Fiona O’Loughlin.
# rights - Wednesday 24 September, 2014
When Ireland can't help, here's where children can turn to
Charlie Flanagan has signed an important protocol to a UN convention to strengthen children’s rights.
# rights - Wednesday 20 August, 2014
Got fined in Ireland? Now it can be collected across the EU
New legislation means you can get hit for fines you receive in Ireland across the EU.
# rights - Sunday 17 August, 2014
Ireland ready for next step in marriage equality as 85% say it is morally right — GLEN
The poll also found that 65% said they agreed that gay adoption was acceptable.
# rights - Friday 1 August, 2014
Cost order to challengers of Children's Referendum could be breach of rights
Mattie McGrath said any such order will deter any future petitioners taking cases against authorities.
# rights - Monday 28 July, 2014
Together at last? Big four political parties come together over gay marriage issue
The Cork Pride Festival will host a discussion on how to pass the gay marriage referendum next spring.
# rights - Monday 14 July, 2014
Church of England votes to allow women become bishops
The General Synod approved the historic measure at its meeting in York in northern England today.
# rights - Sunday 29 June, 2014
Elton John wants to visit with Putin to talk about gay rights
He said he does not know what will come of it, but he has to try.
# rights - Thursday 26 June, 2014
There are 14 times more Irish people looking to adopt than there are children available
However the Children’s Rights Alliance has warned that Ireland must not adopt from countries not inside The Hague recommendations.
# rights - Saturday 14 June, 2014
Hate hidden fees and extra charges? They will be a thing of the past from today
New legislation that boosts consumer rights comes into effect.
# rights - Monday 9 June, 2014
Ten mother and baby homes carried out vaccine trials on almost 300 children - report
It is believed the trials took place between 1960 to 1976.
# rights - Thursday 5 June, 2014
Consumer agency wants to make contracts fairer
Have you a contract that automatically renews or has unequal obligations? Then you should read this.
# rights - Tuesday 20 May, 2014
RTÉ presenter who claims she was discriminated against loses Equality Tribunal case
Frances Shanahan presented such shows as Farm News and Countryside.
# rights - Monday 28 April, 2014
Union hits out at Dunnes over workers' contracts lower than 15 hours per week
Mandate launched the ‘Decency for Dunnes Workers Campaign at the unions Biennial Delegate Conference in Killarney.
# rights - Thursday 17 April, 2014
Sandberg: 'If you want to do something nice for your wife, don't buy flowers, do the laundry'
Sheryl Sandberg talks gender equality, women leaning in, asking for raises and not being afraid to be ambitious.
# rights - Tuesday 8 April, 2014
Major victory for Irish online rights group as ECJ strikes down EU mobile surveillance rules
Digital Rights Ireland hard argued that the rules requiring operators to keep call details were against fundamental rights.
# rights - Saturday 5 April, 2014
"We were fighting with all our passion to create a boring society" - South African Freedom Fighter
Albie Sachs, one of the lawyers who drew up South Africa’s first democratic Constitution, sits down with TheJournal.ie for a Q&A.
# rights - Friday 14 March, 2014
Column: There's a viral spread of increasingly restrictive laws curtailing human rights
The space in which human rights defenders can operate safely is steadily shrinking, with devastating consequences, writes Mary Lawlor.
# rights - Saturday 8 March, 2014
International Women's Day protest takes place in Dublin
The protest took place outside the Central Bank this afternoon.
Make a day of International Women’s Day
A protest and soapbox event is due to take place in Dublin today.
# rights - Sunday 23 February, 2014
Convention votes to strengthen economic, social, and cultural rights
The ninth and final meeting of the Constitutional Convention also voted to emphasis rights to housing, social security, and essential health care.
Here's the ballot paper the Constitutional Convention will vote on today
They will decide whether to recommend if the rights to housing, social welfare and emergency health care should be in the Constitution.
# rights - Friday 21 February, 2014
Dole cut for long-term unemployed who refuse to work in local authorities
The INOU said participants need to be matched appropriately to suitable positions.
# rights - Friday 14 February, 2014
Brevik wants to hunger strike for better video games
The mass murderer has described the conditions in prison as ‘torture’.
# rights - Saturday 8 February, 2014
'They thought I had married myself': The experiences of transgender people in Ireland
One parent of a transgender child also spoke of the difficulties faced with schools.
# rights - Sunday 2 February, 2014
Less than a quarter of candidates running in the local elections are women
From the candidacy selections so far, Fianna Fáil is the worst when it comes to having women stand for office in the local elections this year.
# rights - Sunday 26 January, 2014
In 'unique event', Irish priest invites LGBT people to speak from the altar
Novena, directed by Anna Rodgers, is about a gay man and lesbian woman who are invited to speak at the altar of a Catholic church.
# rights - Wednesday 22 January, 2014
Forty years later, Gay Switchboard Ireland is still needed
The phoneline, which began as Tel-A-Friend in 1974, offers support and a listening ear to members of the LGBT community.
# rights - Wednesday 15 January, 2014
Column: Behind the veil – a new era has begun for family courts
The easing of the in camera rule in Irish family courts will see many social issues come to light – many of which may have been hidden behind from the public for generations, writes Katherine Irwin.
# rights - Friday 27 December, 2013
Argentina court grants abortion for teen rape victim
The judge overruled an earlier decision which denied the girl permission to have a termination.
# rights - Sunday 22 December, 2013
Immigrant families will be 'torn apart this Christmas'
The Immigrant Council of Ireland says that laws regarding family reunification will lead to heartache this Christmas.
# rights - Wednesday 20 November, 2013
Column: ‘I find it upsetting that you can legally strike your children as a form of discipline’
Ireland needs to follow the lead of other countries and make corporal punishment illegal, writes Tanya Ward.
# rights - Saturday 2 November, 2013
The Irish Council of Churches says blasphemy reference in Constitution is 'largely obsolete'
They said the blasphemy reference has been used to justify violence and oppression against minorities in other parts of the world.
Pro Life groups call BPAS advert in Irish newspaper today 'disgusting' and 'callous'
The largest abortion provider in Britain has taken out an ad in The Irish Times today saying: “We’ll care for your women until your government does”.
# rights - Thursday 31 October, 2013
'Shatter needs to make a public statement on redress delay for Magdalene women'
Mary Lou McDonald said time was ticking and that at least two women have passed away without receiving compensation.
# rights - Sunday 27 October, 2013
Gilmore: ‘Same-sex marriage referendum will be held before the end of the lifetime of this government’
The Tánaiste said that he hoped a referendum would be held next year, but it could be in the spring of 2015.
# rights - Monday 14 October, 2013
Immigrant Council call for clear procedures for stateless people in Europe
There are 600,000 stateless people across Europe.
# rights - Monday 7 October, 2013
Libya demands explanation from US over raid
Libya has asked for clarifications regarding the abduction of an al-Qaida leader in Tripoli.
# rights - Monday 30 September, 2013
More than 500 civil partnership ceremonies took place in 2011
There were 335 male unions and 201 female unions in the first year civil partnerships became legal.
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Poll: Have you turned the heating on this week?
SO FAR, JULY has been unseasonably wet and cold, with rain pouring across the country since the month began.
This week alone, 41.6 mm of rain was recorded in Dublin Airport compared to just 41 mm across all of July in 2019. The average rainfall in July over the last 30 years has been 56.2 mm, so we’re likely to eclipse that if the trend continues.
While drier and warmer weather is expected as we move into the weekend, we want to know have you turned the heating on this week?
Poll Results:
Just for a bit, to take the edge off (2863)
No (1484)
Yes, all the time (349)
Can you not think of a proper question? (290)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Professor Ruairí Brugha: We must close the pubs again - our health workers deserve better
By Ruairí Brugha
Have you hit lockdown fatigue? Two wellness practitioners have some advice for you
By Margaret Young & Laura Linehan
View from a teacher: No, we have not been 'sitting at home on full pay' in lockdown
By Anonymous Teacher
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