Centre for Effective Service
MATT TREACY: So-called NGOs who would not exist were it not for the support of a state, with which they have a symbiotic relationship, are not within the classical definition of what constitutes an autonomous civil society or non-governmental organisation.
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has repeatedly called for pro-life protests to be banned, even though it states that the right to protest is “a fundamental part of our democracy”.