As a result of the passing of this convention into law, both individuals and states can now seek a remedy at European level. This legislation dominates law in this country to a huge extent and in our view is one of the very best things to come out of the European Union. Having said that, […]
The Irish Constitution: The Irish Constitution was enacted in 1937 and for the first time certain fundamental rights were set out in writing. These rights are generally set out in Articles 40-44 and cover such areas as: equality of its citizens the right to personal liberty family rights protection of marriage rights relating to education, […]
CIVIL PARTNERSHIP & CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COHABITANTS This came into law on the 19th of July 2010 and as the name suggests, the Act can be broken down into two main areas. Civil partnership of same sex couples and Unmarried Cohabitants Civil Partnership/Same Sex Couples: For the first time in Ireland same sex […]
Human Rights Support A country can often be judged by the extent to which it adheres to international and domestic human rights law. This area of law is perhaps the one area that determines the level to which a country can be regarded as civilised. In Ireland, human rights law has been determined for many […]
