Students compete in European law moot at University of Galway
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Pictured: ELSA Galway Intervarsity Moot Court Competition 2025 winners Adam O'Carroll, Jenna Smyth and Ruth Collins.
Law students from across the island of Ireland have gone head-to-head in a moot court competition hosted by the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) at the University of Galway.
The student association last month hosted the intervarsity moot court competition in the J.E. Cairnes School, with the moot court final taking place in the Kevin O’Boyle Moot Courtroom.
The moot court question, penned by ELSA Galway president Eoghan Veerasingam, was themed on aspects of European human rights law and Article 38.1 of the Irish Constitution on the right to a fair trial.
It was inspired by the recent Irish Supreme Court decisions in DPP v Smyth, DPP v Dwyer and DPP v Behan on the admissibility of unlawfully obtained evidence in criminal procedure and right to fair trial in due course of law.
Retired Massachusetts bankruptcy judge Frank Bailey, Aran Grealish BL and Cillian Dolan of Eversheds Sutherland Ireland judged the final.
Ulster University students Caitlyn Murphy and Honor McCullough acted for the appellant, while Trinity College Dublin student Adam O’Carroll and University of Galway students Jenna Smyth and Ruth Collins acted for the respondent.
After what organisers described as a “very intense and, at times, compelling final”, the respondent team emerged victorious.
Ms Smyth was also awarded the award of Best Speaker from the entire moot court competition.
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