Health Service Executive (HSE) Absorbs Crisis Pregnancy Agency:14th Jan 10
The Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA) became part of the Health Service Executive (HSE) on January 1st, 2010, strengthening ties between two bureaucracies that have worked closely together in the...More >>
Referendum on Children’s Rights Expected in Ireland This Year:11th Jan 10
The Irish Government is expected to hold a referendum this year, following all-party agreement on the wording of an amendment to the Constitution to provide explicit protection for children’s...More >>
Euro Court Cannot Enforce Its Decisions Here, Says Ireland’s Chief Justice:7th Jan 10
Euro Court Cannot Enforce Its Decisions Here, Says Ireland’s Chief Justice
Irish courts are entitled to ignore decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unless...More >>
Nuclear Family in Ireland “Gone in 20 Years”, Observer Warns:7th Jan 10
The concept of the nuclear family in Ireland could be dying, the Iona Institute has warned. Speaking in the wake of new findings in Britain that the nuclear family there is “broken”, David...More >>
Ahern Warns of HSE’s “Anti-Adoption Bias”:27th Dec 09
A former Government minister has suggested there might be an “anti-adoption bias” at senior levels of the Irish Department of Health and of the Health Service Executive (HSE). Noel Ahern (FF,...More >>
A Father is a Father, Even If He Is a Sperm Donor – Supreme Court:17th Dec 09
A Father is a Father, Even If He Is a Sperm Donor – Supreme Court
The Irish Supreme Court has ruled that a sperm donor should have access to his child who is being raised by...More >>
Pro-Lifers Hold Vigil in Dublin for “Baby C” :7th Dec 09
A Candlelight Commemoration for “Baby C” took place on Sunday, November 22nd, at the GPO (General Post Office) in Dublin’s O’Connell Street, starting at 3.30 pm. In November, 1997, the then...More >>
Justice Department's Lame Excuses for Civil Partnerships:1st Dec 09
Justice Department's Lame Excuses for Civil Partnerships
Several of our supporters have passed on to us what appears to be the stock response being issued by the Department...More >>
Irish Children Happier Than British Counterparts, Study Shows:30th Nov 09
Irish Children Happier Than British Counterparts, Study Shows
Childhood is a happier, healthier experience in Ireland than in England, Scotland and Wales, with more children...More >>
Stock Response from Department of Justice to Expressions of Concern about the...:30th Nov 09
I am directed by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr Dermot Ahern T.D., to refer to your letter of [date], regarding the Civil Partnership Bill.
Civil...More >>