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Today was my last day on the Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission Disability Advisory Committee.It was an honour to have served alongside so many disabled experts. Many of whom are pictured below. Thank you to IHREC for providing an environment where we could flourish. #UNCRPD

Recruitment for appointments to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is now open. This recruitment process is run independently by the Public Appointments Service and all queries should be directed to them. Apply now on: publicjobs.ie/en/?option=com…

We wish to express our deep sadness today as we learned of the death of disability equality activist, Jacqui Browne . We honour her extraordinary contribution to our Disability Advisory Committee and mourn the loss of a colleague, advisor, and friend. ihrec.ie/statement-by-t…

It was great to see a question on our role on this year’s Politics and Society Leaving Certificate exam paper. It is heartening to see human rights and equality feature so prominently as they are central tenets of formal and non-formal education and a priority for us.

More than ever, we need to publicly show our support for the rights of all our LGBTQIA+ community to live freely and equally in a country without prejudice or discrimination.

We are delighted to be marching at Pride today!

Have you seen our Pride ad? It's being shown across Dublin today. ihrec.ie/visibility-as-…

Our Chief Commissioner Liam Herrick, Director Deirdre Malone and Head of Policy and Research Iris Elliot met with Michael McGrath, EU Commission in Ireland Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection today to highlight human rights and equality issues.

Liam Herrick: Disability is not a problem to be fixed – Ireland just needs public policy that is more inclusive independent.ie/opinion/commen…

We were delighted to meet delegates and provide information on employment equality rights at the Irish Congress (ICTU) Biennial Delegate Conference in Belfast over the last few days. #BDC25

The Joint Committee on Disability Matters will meet on Wednesday to discuss progressing the delivery of disability policy with representatives from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. 👉oir.ie/0bbea7b

Our Chief Commissioner Liam Herrick, and Head of Policy and Research, Dr. Iris Elliott are speaking before the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality right now about the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 Watch live: oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-…

🔔Joint Committee on Disability Matters meets tomorrow (9th July) on: Progressing the delivery of disability policy Featuring reps from Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission - Chief Commissioner, Liam Herrick, Dr. Iris Elliott and Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh. 📺Watch from 9:30am oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-… #UNCRPD

This morning, we are before the Joint Committee on Disability Matters  to discuss progressing the delivery of disability policy.  You can watch live here: oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-…

"Systems have been designed in such a way as to exclude all victims" & "the State has failed to accept it's own responsibility" Listen back to our Chief Commissioners interview yesterday on Drivetime RTE about the new Commission of Investigation. From 1.41 rte.ie/radio/radio1/d…

Press Release: Commission Raises Grave Concerns Over Proposed Asylum System’s Fairness and Effectiveness. Commission publishes observations on the General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025 ihrec.ie/news-press/com…

Immigration law change: ‘Grave concerns’ over Ireland’s rush to adopt EU plan - watchdog irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/0…

"...it is equally clear that many of the proposed measures may not comply with the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights." Read the Irish Times Opinion editorial about our Observations on the General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025.

Art O'Leary, Chief Exec of @eleccommirl appearing before the Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais Joint Committee on Disability Matters. 📺 Watch live:  oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-…

JACQUI BROWNE will be remembered on BBC Radio 4 obituary programme Last Word tomorrow Fri at 4pm. Ozzy Osbourne,Connie Francis, Douglas Chamberlain inc too. It will then become available on BBC Sounds and can be downloaded from the website once the programme airs..links follow