The 2010 edition of the Dublin University Law Journal is out (available by subscription on Westlaw IE) and features a number of articles of interest to readers, including pieces by past guest contributors to HRinI Rachael Walsh and Paul Daly. I would recommend in particular Siobhan Mullally and Tanya Ni Mhuirthile’s article “Reforming Laws on Female(…)
AkiDwa, a leading minority ethnic-led national network of African and migrant women living in Ireland, has published Am Only Saying It Now; a report which documents the experiences of female asylum seekers in Ireland, and gives space to a great deal of important direct testimony by women living in direct provision centres. Susan McKay, who is(…)
We are delighted to welcome this guest contribution from Saoirse Brady, Policy and Campaigns Officer, Free Legal Advice Centres. You can find out more about Saoirse on our Guest Contributors page. To mark the tenth anniversary of the direct provision and dispersal system, FLAC launched its report One Size Doesn’t Fit All. The report updates(…)
Two important new reports have been published this month which may be of interest to readers. Travellers’ Health Matters (available here with an accompanying briefing on Traveller accommodation and planning) links poor halting site accommodation to depression, anxiety, diabetes and kidney problems. Findings on the terrible living conditions at the Carrowbrowne halting site are available here.(…)
Thursday saw the latest installment in the long-running case of Pamela Izevbekhai (pictured above). Ms Izevbekhai first sought asylum in 2005 on the basis that her two young daughters Naomi and Jemima were at risk of female genital mutilation in their home country of Nigeria. See here and here for information on female genital(…)
