Category Archives: Politics and Lobbying

Trade Union success – Repeal the 8th Amendment motion passed at the IMPACT Civil Service Divisional conference

On Thursday, 7th May in Ennis the IMPACT Civil Service division showed over-whelming support for the Repeal of the 8th amendment to the Irish constitution. The motion was proposed by…

Thank You: Procedure: non-legislative resolution 2014/2217(INI) was passed.

  Thank you to everyone who took the time to contact their MEPs, we are delighted to be able to tell you that Procedure: non-legislative resolution 2014/2217(INI) was passed intact…

Cork City Council votes to support a referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment

This week during, a 5+ hour session, in which topics as varied as the lack of librarians to new cycle lanes were tackled after the summer recess, Cork City Council…

Abortion Rights Campaign calls on Government to follow UN recommendations to hold referendum on Article 40.3.3°

Thursday 24 July 2014 The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) has today welcomed a call for wider abortion access in Ireland by a UN committee of international human rights experts. The…

Abortion, Ireland & Human Rights – What? Who? How?

            This week, the Abortion Rights Campaign contributed to a joint statement, sent representatives, and delivered an address to the UN Human Rights Committee to…