Ireland

LegalCitation.ie

This website makes available a citation system for Irish law, called OSCOLA Ireland. Released in August 2011, it was developed by Irish academics and is based on the Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). OSCOLA Ireland may be downloaded from the website as a pdf file. It covers abbreviations, cases, legislation, books, articles, online sources and other materials. It also gives guidance on presentation, punctuation and cross-referencing. The site provides a quick reference guide and FAQs.

Decisis

Decisis consists of a blog and a fee-based online law reporting service covering the Irish Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court from 2011 onwards. It is the successor to the cases blog, 'Stare decisis Hibernia', created by Mark Tottenham, an Irish barrister.

Supreme Court of Ireland

The website of the Supreme Court of Ireland provides information about the Court and about the Irish legal system generally. It makes available the ordinary judgments of the Court from 2001 onwards, and decisions on Article 26 references (parliamentary bills referred to the Court under Art. 26 of the Constitution) from 1940 onwards. The site also includes the Constitution of Ireland and a short bibliography of Irish constitutional law. It can be viewed in English or Irish; there are also general information pages in French and German.

Office of the Revenue Commissioners

The Office of the Revenue Commissioners is the Irish government body responsible for collecting taxes and duties and implementing import and export controls in Ireland. Its website has information about the services of the Revenue, taxation and duties. Tax legislation, tax treaties, official guidelines, annual reports and other documents are also provided. The site can be viewed in English or Irish; some content is also available in a variety of other languages.

Office of the Ombudsman, Ireland

The Office of the Ombudsman is an Irish statutory body which investigates complaints about the administrative actions of central and local government, the Health Service Executive and An Post (the postal service). Its website makes available annual reports and investigative reports from the 1990s onwards. It also provides summaries of cases dealt with by the Ombudsman, as well as official guidelines and other publications. The site can be viewed in English or Irish.

Irish Human Rights Commission

The Irish Human Rights Commission is Ireland’s National Human Rights Institution, established under the UN’s Paris Principles. Its website makes available relevant legislation, policy documents, cases in which the Commission has acted as amicus curiae and selected cases from the European Court of Human Rights. There is also information about consultations and enquiries carried out by the Commission, together with press releases, speeches, a news bulletin, guidance about human rights and information about human rights proceedings.

Irish Treaty Library

A collection of treaties from the Irish Treaty Series, available on the BAILII website. All Irish treaties since 2002, plus a selection of earlier treaties, are available in full; for many other treaties, brief details are provided but the full text cannot be accessed. The earliest information in the database is from 1930.

Equality Authority

Independent Irish organisation established under the Irish Employment Equality Act 1998 to champion rights to equal treatment. Much of their work is concerned with the The Employment Equality Act , the Equal Status Act 2000 and the Equality Act 2004; it covers issues such as gender, family status, age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religious belief and membership of the Traveller Community. Summaries of legislation and policy and provided, with links to related documents. Key equality acts are available translated into ten European languages, Chinese and Arabic.

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