Universities

Wider use of community sanctions can help to improve public safety while tackling the prison overcrowding crisis, write Dr Ian Marder, Dr Eoin Guilfoyle, Dr Lousie Kennefick, Dr Niamh Maguire and Professor Nicola Carr. Amid extensive debate on public safety in recent weeks, one proven tool rema

Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis. In recent weeks, journalists, developers, tech entrepreneurs, the Minister for the Environment, and now even the Taoiseach have lined up to blame public participation in the planning system,

A new Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence has been opened at Maynooth University’s School of Law and Criminology. Realising European Values through European Law (REVEL), led by Professor Tobias Lock, has secured €100,000 in funding over a three-year period starting this month.

DCU Law Society has held its 10th annual criminal mock trial, with Mairéad Carthy and Bronwyn O'Connell triumphing over runners-up Aoibhínn O'Grady and Andrea Girleanu. All four contestants in Saturday's competition were first-year BCL students at Dublin City University.

Irish researchers are part of an international, interdisciplinary team which has won a €10 million grant to investigate coercive and abusive interrogation practices. Professor Yvonne Daly of Dublin City University's School of Law and Government and Professor Shane O'Mara of Trinity College Inst

Applications for the 2026 Denham Fellowship, run by the Bar of Ireland in association with the King's Inns, are now open. The Fellowship, named after the former Chief Justice Susan Denham, offers a unique pathway to a career in law, providing financial, educational, and professional support to aspir

A senior Irish legal academic has withdrawn from a major EU symposium on the rule of law after organisers proposed to platform "fake judges and pseudo experts" linked to Poland's rule of law crisis. Professor Laurent Pech of UCD Sutherland School of Law yesterday said he had lost faith in the organi

A senior library assistant at Monaghan County Libraries has been awarded the A&O Shearman award for best overall performance in the two-year library and information management postgraduate diploma at Ulster University.  Shauna Clarke is this year's recipient of the award, sponsored by law f

Nina M. Hart makes the case for Ireland taking a stronger approach to the enforcement of EU sanctions. Ireland has long maintained a framework for implementing the European Union’s economic sanctions, or restrictive measures, but not prioritised enforcing them.

The Cork Online Law Review (COLR) has invited submissions for its 25th edition, with cash prizes of up to €300 on offer. The student-run law review welcomes submissions in English, Irish and French, of between 3,000–9,000 words in length, conforming with OSCALA referencing style.

The policing of a Palestine solidarity demonstration earlier this month violated both Garda policies and Ireland's international human rights obligations, according to a new report. The Irish Network of Legal Observers has published its first-ever report, which focuses on a protest which took place

Professor Catherine O'Rourke has joined Dublin City University (DCU) to research the inadequacies of international law in capturing gendered experiences of harm. Feminist scholars have highlighted how the focus of international law on harm, particularly gender-based harm, fails to capture the broade

Legal academic Professor Deirdre Madden has been appointed as chairperson of the board of the newly-established Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority (AHRRA). Professor Madden, of the School of Law at University College Cork (UCC) is a specialist in healthcare law and ethics, holding a Ma

Dr Liam O'Driscoll highlights the need for EU-wide reform following a CJEU ruling on an Irish case concerning the compensation of victims of crime for pain and suffering. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), on 2 October 2025, issued a judgment concerning the scope of Member States&rsq

Dr Eoin O'Dell reminds Senator Michael McDowell, following his rebuke of social media platforms for online defamation, that he still has an opportunity to do something about it. Last week, in his column in The Irish Times, Michael McDowell took social media platforms to task for shirking their respo