Two deportation flights have already departed this month, the product of inhumane and twisted immigration policies that flout the nation’s commitment to cherish all the children equally. Do these Irish children need their parents any less than any other child in this country?

We marched on the Dáil and the Department of Justice carrying a coffin to mourn the final passing of human rights in this land.

A Serbian national who claims he has been bullied out of Trinity College by university authorities has appealed to the public for support.

Postgraduate student Aleks-andar Zejak, who came to study at TCD in 2007 after winning a prestigious scholarship from the Irish Research Council for Science and Engineering and Technology, told Metro Éireann that he would be forced to leave the country if the college fails to reinstate him, as well as resolve ongoing issues related to his tuition.

» Read the full article in Metro Éireann

Earlier today I joined a lively protest with over 100 other migrant workers to call on the Tanaiste to rethink changes to the work permit system planned to take effect from Monday.

These changes will do nothing to create jobs for Irish workers – but they will increase exploitation, reduce tax revenues and devastate the lives of many hard-working migrants who have made Ireland their home.

You can be assured that I will continue to oppose this measure, just as I have opposed other attacks on migrant worker rights over many years.

» Indymedia report on the protest.