Court of Appeal judge conferred honorary UCD degree

Mr Justice Gerard Hogan has been awarded an honorary degree by University College Dublin (UCD) for improving public understanding of the formation and development of the Irish state.

The conferring was part of UCD’s Decade of Centenaries programme, focused on the 100th anniversary of events that shaped Irish and European history from 1912-1922.

These include the Ulster Convenant, foundation of the Irish Volunteers, Home Rule, 1913 Lockout, 1916 Rising and World War I anniversaries.

The Court of Appeal judge and former High Court judge was honoured alongside archivist Catriona Crowe, sociologist Michael Mann, historian John Joseph Lee, military archivist Victor Laingand historian Roy Foster.

Mr Justice Hogan is known for co-authoring The Irish Constitution and Administrative Law, essential reading for Irish law students.

Professor Imela Maher of UCD School of Law, in her citation, wrote: “With both these texts, he has defined the fields of constitutional law and administrative law in Ireland, proving himself doctrinally rigorous in analysing the complexities of Irish law in the context of the common law and its evolution in other jurisdictions.

“He has helped give shape and form to the constitutional imagination of an independent Ireland the idea of which was aspired to outside the GPO on that fateful day in April 1916 and for that, we honour him today.”