Catherine Day, Chairperson of the Citizen’s Assembly Pic: Rollingnews.ie
The reference to the woman’s place being “in the home” in the Irish Constitution should be replaced with a new gender-neutral wording to oblige the state to give better support to carers, the Citizens’ Assembly has recommended.
Around 95 per cent of members of the Citizens’ Assembly also voted in favour of paying higher taxes to deliver “gender equality” in Ireland.
Some of the recommendations would impose significant.
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Irish Council for Civil Liberties calls for mandatory hotel quarantine to be suspended
The ICCL says that the Constitution requires that the State employ detention as “a very last resort”. By Gráinne Ní Aodha Monday 19 Apr 2021, 4:38 PM 4 hours ago 15,154 Views 52 Comments
Image: Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie
Image: Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie
THE IRISH COUNCIL for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called for the mandatory hotel quarantine system to be suspended, if human rights difficulties are not addressed.
The ICCL said that the Constitution requires that the State use detention as “a very last resort”, and raised concerns in relation to conditions for families, and privacy in the hotel system.