We know the reason for the original Special Criminal Court, which came out of the 1939 Act, was to protect Ireland’s neutrality during the Second World War and we know of the circumsta... Read more
PRESS RELEASE Maureen O’Sullivan TD Leinster House Kildare Street Dublin 2 7th March 2018 Today Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan will be introducing the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bil... Read more
We are all horrified by the repression that took place when people tried to exercise the democratic right to vote. It is clear that there was a centrally orchestrated, military-style operati... Read more
Thomas Pringle: “Since 1973 when Ireland signed the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, ESC rights, and since its ratification in 1989, rights covered by th... Read more
If the tragic fire that happened in Carrickmines and its aftermath had occurred in another country, we would have been horrified. Ten people were killed, including five children who were all... Read more
Great to hear the news that Presidents Obama has taken Cuba off the Country Terrorist List. This is just one small step and the hope is that we will see the lifting of the embargo soon which... Read more
Today I’m on the Syrian border as part of my duty as a member of the Dáil Foreign Affairs Committee to consider the Syrian refugee crisis. We visited an orphanage funded by Muslim Aid... Read more
