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Varadkar responds to EU criticisms of Irish response to migrants

Dunja Mijatovic wrote to Leo Varadkar to say that reception conditions for international protection applicants have been inadequate since summer 2022

‘I’m very privileged to do a job that I feel really matters’: Irish barrister Caoilfhionn Gallagher

Speaking on Law on Trial, the Business Post’s legal affairs podcast, the London-based Gallagher discusses the challenges that come with representing some of the world’s leading pro-democracy campaigners

UN criticises Ireland over insufficient anti-corruption measures, PSC data retention

The human rights body late last month issued concluding observations on its fifth periodic review of Ireland’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Ireland needs to ditch its ‘nod and wink’ policy towards China

The head of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong is lobbying politicians around the world to take a tougher approach to the Asian superpower

State accused of failing to act on complaints of migrant abuse in fishing industry

20-page report from trade union will claim scheme designed to regulate fishing industry has made things worse for migrant fishers

Big read: The silencing of Hong Kong – how a superpower cracked down on its crown jewel

Long a place of free political expression and economic prosperity, Hong Kong has gone eerily silent since the National Security Law suppressed criticism of Beijing. While many protesters have gone to ground others, like Nathan Law, have fled the country to plead their cause abroad

Rohingya refugees seek government’s help in Facebook fight

Members of the Myanmar minority want recompense from the social media giant for its role in the spread of hate against them

Trade union to take state to court to change laws on migrant fishers’ rights

ITF says government has ‘botched’ transposition of EU law around working time for migrant workers in fishing industry

Migrant workers tell of low pay, racism and abuse in fishing jobs

Maynooth University report finds that conditions for migrant fishing workers have worsened despite introduction of the atypical workers’ scheme

State’s response to pandemic ‘failed to fully engage with all human rights safeguards’

Irish Council for Civil Liberties seeks an end to mandatory hotel quarantine and the Covid tracker app

‘Blind eye’ can’t be turned to China’s treatment of Uighurs, rights group says

Human rights group Glan has warned there is a credible case that the Asian superpower is committing ‘genocide’