Síofra O’Leary to deliver St Brigid’s Day lecture
Judge Síofra O’Leary, president of the European Court of Human Rights, will tonight deliver a lecture on Ireland’s European connections at a government event marking St Brigid’s Day.
Her talk, which will focus on Ireland, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights, is the second lecture in the Department of Foreign Affairs’ EU50 Iveagh House lecture series.
Peter Burke, the minister of state for European affairs and defence, will introduce Judge O’Leary.
After the lecture, she will be joined for a panel discussion by Senator Fiona O’Loughlin and Professor Aoife Nolan, moderated by journalist Shona Murray.
More information and tickets for the livestream are available from Eventbrite.