Universities

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

The post-Brexit Conservative government rolled back the frontiers of liberal democracy, research led by the University of Stirling has argued. The research paper, Democratic backsliding and public administration: the experience of the UK, was published in the journal Policy Studies.

Dr Amanda Byer, Dr Ciara Molloy and Dr Aoife McPartland have been appointed as faculty members at UCD Sutherland School of Law. Dr Byer has joined the university as assistant professor in international law and global justice as part of the Ad Astra Fellows programme, a UCD initiative to recruit 50 e

A first-year law student at Dublin City University (DCU) has won an essay competition held to mark the 50th anniversary of the Law Reform Commission. Ella Santoro won first place in the competition with an essay arguing in favour of an increase in the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Irelan

Demand for restorative justice in Ireland has nearly doubled in a year, according to new research. The Probation Service and six community-based organisations which offer restorative justice in cases where adults are convicted of an offence received a total of 842 referrals in 2024, up from 447 in 2

Widespread misreporting on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is fuelling calls for the UK to withdraw from the treaty, researchers have found. A new report from the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, based in Oxford University’s Faculty of Law, examined how the ECHR is represente

Ireland's chief justice, Donal O'Donnell, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Dublin (UCD) for his outstanding contributions to law, public service and the UCD community. Known for his speciality in constitutional law, and frequent appearances on behalf of the State while a

The School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast has announced the appointment of Professor Warren Barr as its new head of school. Originally from Belfast, Professor Barr joins QUB Law School after 27 years spent in England, including as head of school or dean of Liverpool Law School, Cardiff S

Professor Shashikala Gurpur has been appointed as an honorary professor at the Irish Centre for Human Rights and the University of Galway School of Law. The Indian academic is a distinguished international scholar and the recipient of multiple awards for her leadership role in legal education and in

Restaurants and bars across Ireland are offering "bottomless brunches" in breach of the law, a new study has found. A new paper by researchers at Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) highlights "numerous examples" of venues offering unlimited alcohol for a fixed price over a set time period

Trinity College Dublin law student Omotolani Sogbetun has been awarded the 2025 Matheson Cara Scholarship. The scholarship, delivered as part of Matheson's impactful business programme, is named in honour of the firm's late partner, Cara O'Hagan.

Intellectual property law expert Dr Richard Bunworth has joined Trinity College Dublin School of Law as an assistant professor. Dr Bunworth will lecture on intellectual property law, industrial property and related subjects, as well as supervising dissertations on intellectual property, technology,