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Irish Council for Civil Liberties

NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Ireland · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Irish Council for Civil Liberties appears in 23 declared MEP meetings (15 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

23
declared meetings
with current MEPs
15
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“ICCL has been at the forefront of every major rights advance in Irish society for over 40 years: we helped legalise homosexuality, divorce, contraception, and gay marriage. We drove police reform, defending suspects' rights during dark times of political violence.”

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“ICCL was founded by Mary Robinson, who later became UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Kader Asmal, who later became a Minister in Nelson Mandela’s Government.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 23 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1043%
Socialists & Democrats626%
Renew Europe417%
European People's Party29%
Patriots for Europe14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (12 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
2
2021
2
2022
2
2023
3
2024
1
2025
12
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Alexandra Geese
6 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sergey Lagodinsky
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Barry Andrews
2 meetings · Renew
Birgit Sippel
2 meetings · S&D
Brando Benifei
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
22 Apr 2026Marina KaljurandDigital Omnibus
3 Dec 2025Barry AndrewsEU tech laws
3 Dec 2025Barry AndrewsEU tech regulation
13 Nov 2025Alexandra GeeseDemocratic Tech Alliance
22 Oct 2025Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
15 Oct 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power in the Age of Platforms and AI
9 Oct 2025Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
16 Sep 2025Nathalie LoiseauLutte contre la désinformation
14 May 2025Birgit SippelDemocratic Tech Alliance
14 May 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: Democratic Tech Alliance
24 Apr 2025Aodhán Ó RíordáinDemocracy Shield
5 Feb 2025Billy Kelleherfuture of digital governance
29 Jan 2025Alexandra GeeseRoundtable: Taming Big Tech
11 Sep 2024Alexandra GeeseOnline Advertisement, EU digital economy
25 Apr 2023René RepasiExchange of views on the Product Liability Directive/ Pro­duk­thaf­tungs­richt­li­nie (PLD) - Staff Level

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