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ireland

November 22, 2020

Biden Transition Team briefed on Northern Ireland's Brexit fears

Civil society groups are extremely concerned by the impact that Brexit is having on the protection of the rights and equality provisions in the Good Friday Agreement.
August 25, 2018

Amnesty calls for public inquiry into clerical child abuse in Northern Ireland ahead of Pope's visit

Amnesty International has called for a public inquiry into clerical child sex abuse in Northern Ireland, ahead of a visit to Ireland by Pope Francis this weekend.
July 23, 2018

Theresa May urged to listen to cross-party pressure on abortion reform

Amnesty International says abortion law reform is a human rights issue.
June 13, 2018

Amnesty welcomes Irish Government decision to seek review of hooded men torture case

The Irish Government will request the 'hooded men case' be referred to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.
September 19, 2017

Irish student acquitted after four years in Egyptian prison

Irish student Ibrahim Halawa was arrested in 2013 for taking part in a protest. He has been acquitted following a mass trial involving almost 500 defendants.
May 25, 2015

Northern Ireland ‘last bastion of discrimination’, says Amnesty International

Amnesty International has welcomed the Yes vote in the referendum in the Republic of Ireland to allow civil marriage equality for same-sex couples.
December 23, 2013

Former archbishop seeks Northern Ireland peace breakthrough

Former Anglican archbishop Dr Robin Eames has called for progress on a conclusive northern Irish peace deal.
December 1, 2013

Ireland's first - or perhaps second - woman bishop

On 30 November 2013, at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Pat Storey was ordained as the Anglican bishop of Meath and Kildare. She had been the rector of St Augustine’s in Derry and is a standing committee member of the Church of Ireland’s general synod.
November 18, 2013

Pressure on UK over counter-narcotics funding and death penalty concerns

Legal charity Reprieve has called on the UK to follow Ireland in stopping support for counter-narcotics programmes in Iran and Pakistan which result in death sentences.
June 4, 2013

Irish charities say UK legal cuts will deny justice

The Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas has warned that cost-cutting UK legal aid proposals “will destroy prison law as we have known it”.