Independent NUI Senator Ronan Mullen (pictured) has hailed as “momentous” yesterday’s vote at the Parlimentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in favour of defending religious freedom. The vote was on a report, drafted by British representative Christine McCaffery, which in its original form was intended to severely restrict the right of medical workers to...
A leading lone parent group has come out in support of child benefit remaining a universal benefit. In its pre-budget submission, One Family called on the Government to make modest increases in supports to low-income families with children, according to an Irish Times report. They also urged the Government not to the cut the benefit....
Debate over possible Government cuts to child benefit has been continuing today as experts weighed in on whether the benefit be removed or reduced for higher income earners. In an article in the Irish Times, financial expert Jim Power, of Friends First, argued that the benefit ought to be cut for those on higher incomes....
Divorcing parents in custody battles in the UK could be refused legal aid unless they try mediation first, Conservative justice minister Jonathan Djanogly suggested yesterday. Mr Djanogly said too many parents fighting over their children were going straight to the courts, costing the Exchequer tens of millions of pounds a year, the Daily Telegraph reports....
The judges on Iowa’s Supreme Court who ruled in favour of same-sex marriage last year face a tough battle to be retained, according to a new poll. The poll, carried out on behalf of the state’s leading paper, the Des Moines Register, shows that 44 percent of Iowans who plan to cast a ballot in...
The Constitution may be a barrier to removing child benefit from high-earning households, Minister for Social Protection Eamon Ó Cuív (pictured) has said. Mr O’Cuiv was reacting to suggestions the Government could follow the example of the British Chancellor, George Osborne, who has announced that higher earners would no longer be paid child benefit. Minister...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled against an unmarried Irish father whose partner took their three children to the UK without his consent. In a landmark ruling, the ECJ decided that the fact that the father did not have time to secure custody rights through the Irish courts when his partner removed the...
Most young people in the think religion is largely irrelevant, for whom a “secular trinity” of themselves, their family and their friends to give meaning to their lives, according to a new book. The book, The Faith of Generation Y, published by the Church of England also found that most young people are not looking...
The Minister for Children Barry Andrews (pictured) has suggested that the Government may have to examine cutting child benefit for higher earners in the next Budget. He was speaking in the wake of the announcement of UK Chancellor George Osborne that his Government are to cut child benefit for higher earners. The move has created...
A leading Europe-wide pro-family group has come out against a proposal in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe which seeks to “regulate” freedom of conscience. The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe have said that the report, entitled ‘Women’s access to lawful medical care: the problem of unregulated use of lawful conscientious...
