Court limits right of EU states to send asylum seekers to state of first entry
22 Dec 2011:  An Irish Times Article by  CAROL COULTER, Legal Affairs Editor reports that an asylum seeker may not be sent back to the first EU member state he landed in from outside the EU if he risks being subjected to inhuman treatment there, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.   Read more.

Ireland must fill serious gaps in human rights record.
6 Oct. 2011:  An Article in the Journal.ie reports that the government will be examined on its human rights record by the UN today, as campaigners call on ministers to address “serious gaps” in the protection of vulnerable groups.  Read more

A Toast!!

For centuries glasses were raised to toast the health of friend's and for practical reasons — to assure them that the wine they were about to drink wasn't poisoned. To spike the wine with poison had become an all too common means of dealing with social problems — disposing of an enemy, silencing the competition, preventing a messy divorce, and the like.

This was not the case at the joint NASC/COIS TINE wine tasting fundraising event which took place recently in Cois Tine's premises at St. Mary's Popes Quay. Here the toasts of the evening were a sign of close cooperative relationship that exists between the two agencies, which both benefits our immigrant client group and, in these difficult times, avoids wasteful duplication.