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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 syst...

Daniel McConnell: Is it time for the mother goose State to let its citizens fly the nest? Brussels wants vaccine passports to be operational across the EU by the end of June, with a view to allowing international travel to recommence in earnest Under EU moves, the Government could be obliged to issue digital green certificates when they are requested by citizens for international travel. Picture: Steve Parsons/PA Wire Sat, 17 Apr, 2021 - 10:30 On Wednesday, the weekly Cabinet meeting convened in a downbeat mood after 48 hours of chaos and setback in relation to the country’s vaccine rollou...

Share this article Introducing mandatory vaccination for schoolchildren could undermine the programme and offer ammunition to vaccine sceptics, according to the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. It comes after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has backed Czech Republic rule banning unvaccinated children from pre-school. The Czech rules were introduced before the coronavirus pandemic began and related to common vaccines for the likes of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), polio and hepatitis. The rules oblige parents to vaccinate their children unless they are unable to for health reaso...

09.21 9 Apr 2021 The European Court of Human Rights has backed rules in the Czech Republic banning unvaccinated children from schools. Could a similar requirement be introduced here? Well to discuss further we hard from Dr Conor Casey Lecturer in Constitutional Law University of Liverpool & Liam Herrick, Executive Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.  

Updated / Tuesday, 6 Apr 2021 20:25 The Restaurants Association of Ireland said it would welcome a discussion on green passes The Irish Council for Civil Liberties said that a digital certificate for Covid-19 vaccination cannot and should not lead to any type of discrimination. Speaking on RTÉ's Drivetime, ICCL Executive Director Liam Herrick said that anything that allows discrimination in terms of access to goods and services, or employment "raises an obvious question ... discrimination". "It also puts people in a position of being forced indirectly to take a vaccine, which raises quest...