Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️🌈
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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties: Ireland’s oldest independent human rights body. Find out more & sign up for updates: http://iccl.ie
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December 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Our letter in today's @irishtimes.com calling for transparency and public consultation on changes to Irish policing.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Need for guidelines on Garda use of Tasers
The lack of transparency is a matter of concern
www.irishtimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Our letter in today's @irishtimes.com calling for transparency and public consultation on changes to Irish policing.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Reporting by @thejournal.ie has consistently highlighted this issue.
Trans and non-binary people should be in a position to access general health care and gender-affirming services with no differential treatment.
www.thejournal.ie/free-hrt-sch...
Trans and non-binary people should be in a position to access general health care and gender-affirming services with no differential treatment.
www.thejournal.ie/free-hrt-sch...
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Reporting by @thejournal.ie has consistently highlighted this issue.
Trans and non-binary people should be in a position to access general health care and gender-affirming services with no differential treatment.
www.thejournal.ie/free-hrt-sch...
Trans and non-binary people should be in a position to access general health care and gender-affirming services with no differential treatment.
www.thejournal.ie/free-hrt-sch...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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This afternoon in the Dáil's last hours before it breaks for Christmas, the government will present new draft legislation which would give gardaí access to AI-powered surveillance.
Our colleague @olgacronin.bsky.social lays out our many concerns about this legislation.
Our colleague @olgacronin.bsky.social lays out our many concerns about this legislation.
The Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025 gives gardaí new powers to apply algorithms to images and video to find and categorise people using their biometric data.
This is AI-powered surveillance.
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This is AI-powered surveillance.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This afternoon in the Dáil's last hours before it breaks for Christmas, the government will present new draft legislation which would give gardaí access to AI-powered surveillance.
Our colleague @olgacronin.bsky.social lays out our many concerns about this legislation.
Our colleague @olgacronin.bsky.social lays out our many concerns about this legislation.
Today 128 guards in Dublin and Waterford will be armed with tasers - a fundamental shift in Irish policing without any public consultation.
ICCL is deeply concerned at the speed with which tasers have been introduced and An Garda's approach to "piloting" new tech.
www.iccl.ie/news/taser-p...
ICCL is deeply concerned at the speed with which tasers have been introduced and An Garda's approach to "piloting" new tech.
www.iccl.ie/news/taser-p...
Taser pilot is a dangerous step for community policing, says ICCL
Introducing tasers into Irish frontline community policing marks a significant shift in our model of policing and is deeply concerning.
www.iccl.ie
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Today 128 guards in Dublin and Waterford will be armed with tasers - a fundamental shift in Irish policing without any public consultation.
ICCL is deeply concerned at the speed with which tasers have been introduced and An Garda's approach to "piloting" new tech.
www.iccl.ie/news/taser-p...
ICCL is deeply concerned at the speed with which tasers have been introduced and An Garda's approach to "piloting" new tech.
www.iccl.ie/news/taser-p...
Give a gift that matters this #Christmas 🎁 An ICCL gift membership supports our vital work in the areas of justice, equality, democratic freedoms and digital rights — a small gift with a big impact! Learn more 👉 www.iccl.ie/members/
December 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Give a gift that matters this #Christmas 🎁 An ICCL gift membership supports our vital work in the areas of justice, equality, democratic freedoms and digital rights — a small gift with a big impact! Learn more 👉 www.iccl.ie/members/
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December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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ICCL, in collaboration with ShoutOut and Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI), published Ireland's first-ever comprehensive "Know Your Rights" guide for trans and non-binary people yesterday.
Learn more and download the full guide ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-pu...
Learn more and download the full guide ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-pu...
December 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
ICCL, in collaboration with ShoutOut and Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI), published Ireland's first-ever comprehensive "Know Your Rights" guide for trans and non-binary people yesterday.
Learn more and download the full guide ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-pu...
Learn more and download the full guide ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-pu...
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ZINE WORKSHOP!
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To conclude our 2025 Legal Eagles programme,TY students from Mercy College Coolock received legal lessons on Garda Powers (Stop & Searches),facilitated by @iccl.bsky.social l.bsky.social; and on Consent, Sex & the Law, by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
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To conclude our 2025 Legal Eagles programme,TY students from Mercy College Coolock received legal lessons on Garda Powers (Stop & Searches),facilitated by @iccl.bsky.social l.bsky.social; and on Consent, Sex & the Law, by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
ZINE WORKSHOP!
tinyurl.com/3fny7rzc
To conclude our 2025 Legal Eagles programme,TY students from Mercy College Coolock received legal lessons on Garda Powers (Stop & Searches),facilitated by @iccl.bsky.social l.bsky.social; and on Consent, Sex & the Law, by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
tinyurl.com/3fny7rzc
To conclude our 2025 Legal Eagles programme,TY students from Mercy College Coolock received legal lessons on Garda Powers (Stop & Searches),facilitated by @iccl.bsky.social l.bsky.social; and on Consent, Sex & the Law, by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
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A new “know your rights” guide for trans and non-binary people has been published by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), in collaboration with ShoutOut and Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI). @iccl.bsky.social
New ‘know your rights’ guide for Irish trans and non-binary people
A new “know your rights” guide for trans and non-binary people has been published by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), in collaboration with ShoutOut and Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI).
www.irishlegal.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A new “know your rights” guide for trans and non-binary people has been published by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), in collaboration with ShoutOut and Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI). @iccl.bsky.social
ICCL Executive Director, Joe O'Brien, will appear on @news.rte.ie this evening to discuss our concerns about the plans to equip frontline Gardaí with tasers.
Learn more ➡️ www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
Learn more ➡️ www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ICCL Executive Director, Joe O'Brien, will appear on @news.rte.ie this evening to discuss our concerns about the plans to equip frontline Gardaí with tasers.
Learn more ➡️ www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
Learn more ➡️ www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
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Thanks to everyone who joined our #FORSEE workshop in Dublin with
@iccl.bsky.social and @adaptcentre.bsky.social, focusing on gender and LGBTQ+ concerns related to AI. Grateful to hear from Dr @abeba.bsky.social, a global expert on AI impact!
#AIGovernance #DigitalPolicy #CivilSociety #AI
@iccl.bsky.social and @adaptcentre.bsky.social, focusing on gender and LGBTQ+ concerns related to AI. Grateful to hear from Dr @abeba.bsky.social, a global expert on AI impact!
#AIGovernance #DigitalPolicy #CivilSociety #AI
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Thanks to everyone who joined our #FORSEE workshop in Dublin with
@iccl.bsky.social and @adaptcentre.bsky.social, focusing on gender and LGBTQ+ concerns related to AI. Grateful to hear from Dr @abeba.bsky.social, a global expert on AI impact!
#AIGovernance #DigitalPolicy #CivilSociety #AI
@iccl.bsky.social and @adaptcentre.bsky.social, focusing on gender and LGBTQ+ concerns related to AI. Grateful to hear from Dr @abeba.bsky.social, a global expert on AI impact!
#AIGovernance #DigitalPolicy #CivilSociety #AI
Yesterday @tjmcintyre.com of Digital Rights Ireland and ICCL told the Justice Committee that sections of the National Cyber Security Bill would give the National Cyber Security Centre powers that go beyond what is required under the NIS2 Directive, which Ireland is obliged to transpose. (1/15)
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Yesterday @tjmcintyre.com of Digital Rights Ireland and ICCL told the Justice Committee that sections of the National Cyber Security Bill would give the National Cyber Security Centre powers that go beyond what is required under the NIS2 Directive, which Ireland is obliged to transpose. (1/15)
Today, ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland will tell the Oireachtas Justice Committee that there is no justification for scanning the networks of homes and small businesses under the National Cyber Security Bill ➡️ www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
'No justification' for State data-collection powers in proposed bill, say experts
The National Cyber Security Bill will also give “extremely wide” internet-blocking powers to the State's cyber security unit if passed, the director of Digital Rights Ireland has warned.
www.irishexaminer.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Today, ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland will tell the Oireachtas Justice Committee that there is no justification for scanning the networks of homes and small businesses under the National Cyber Security Bill ➡️ www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
ICCL is saddened to hear of the passing of Margaretta D’Arcy. A fearless artist and activist for peace and human rights, may she rest in peace.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy dies aged 91
Anti-war protester from Greenham Common to Shannon Airport had ‘life fully and purposefully lived’
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
ICCL is saddened to hear of the passing of Margaretta D’Arcy. A fearless artist and activist for peace and human rights, may she rest in peace.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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You can read a selection of my criticisms of the chatbot’s replies (I emphasise, merely a selection) here
Our investigation into Irish Department of Justice use of chatbots. The department hides behind disclaimers while deploying misleading chatbots.
@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social
www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social
www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Department of Justice chatbots mislead people seeking information
Irish Department of Justice internalises the AI hype and takes no responsibility for misleading chatbots.
www.iccl.ie
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
You can read a selection of my criticisms of the chatbot’s replies (I emphasise, merely a selection) here
ICCL invites members of the public to contact us if they have received wrong answers from the AI chatbots used by the Department of Justice, and have suffered adverse consequences as a result.
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice? It has now retired its asylum chatbot Erin, but has infused Tara, the non-asylum immigration chatbot with AI. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/was-the-depa...
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice?
“The public should not be used as guinea pigs, particularly vulnerable groups in a legal process which could be impacted by a chatbot giving an incorrect answer.”
www.dublininquirer.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
ICCL invites members of the public to contact us if they have received wrong answers from the AI chatbots used by the Department of Justice, and have suffered adverse consequences as a result.
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
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Our investigation into Irish Department of Justice use of chatbots. The department hides behind disclaimers while deploying misleading chatbots.
@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social
www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social
www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Department of Justice chatbots mislead people seeking information
Irish Department of Justice internalises the AI hype and takes no responsibility for misleading chatbots.
www.iccl.ie
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Our investigation into Irish Department of Justice use of chatbots. The department hides behind disclaimers while deploying misleading chatbots.
@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social
www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social
www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) welcomes the publication today of the Oireachtas Justice Committee’s pre-legislative scrutiny report on the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) welcomes the publication today of the Oireachtas Justice Committee’s pre-legislative scrutiny report on the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025.
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🌍 Today, we're celebrating 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The #ECHR is a cornerstone of equality, justice and democracy in Europe; but its core principles are facing unprecedented challenges. For ICCL, the protection and promotion of these rights has never been so essential.
The #ECHR is a cornerstone of equality, justice and democracy in Europe; but its core principles are facing unprecedented challenges. For ICCL, the protection and promotion of these rights has never been so essential.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🌍 Today, we're celebrating 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The #ECHR is a cornerstone of equality, justice and democracy in Europe; but its core principles are facing unprecedented challenges. For ICCL, the protection and promotion of these rights has never been so essential.
The #ECHR is a cornerstone of equality, justice and democracy in Europe; but its core principles are facing unprecedented challenges. For ICCL, the protection and promotion of these rights has never been so essential.
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The question of this moment is whether Europe will be a bastion of democratic resilience or a vassal.
My piece in Tech Policy Press.
www.techpolicy.press/europe-isnt-...
My piece in Tech Policy Press.
www.techpolicy.press/europe-isnt-...
Europe Isn’t Weak—It Just Pretends To Be. Here’s How to Fix That. | TechPolicy.Press
Europe must reclaim digital sovereignty through three levers: politics, policing, and procurement, writes Johnny Ryan.
www.techpolicy.press
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The question of this moment is whether Europe will be a bastion of democratic resilience or a vassal.
My piece in Tech Policy Press.
www.techpolicy.press/europe-isnt-...
My piece in Tech Policy Press.
www.techpolicy.press/europe-isnt-...
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has signed a joint letter to the government to express our deep concern at the recent appointment of the third Commissioner of the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) ➡️ www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Privacy groups assail appointment of ex-tech lobbyist to Irish tech regulator
Campaigners say appointment of Niamh Sweeney undermines trust in Data Protection Commission, which they say has an ‘abysmal’ record in taking on big tech companies
www.irishtimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has signed a joint letter to the government to express our deep concern at the recent appointment of the third Commissioner of the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) ➡️ www.irishtimes.com/business/202...