Academia

PhD students from across Europe and beyond recently descended on Cork to discuss, explore and develop research in the area of children's rights.

New research into Ireland's family law system has found that the voices of infants and very young children are "starkly absent" from decision-making. The first-of-its-kind research was conducted by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork and i

Professor Caroline Fennell, a professor emerita of law at University College Cork, is among the first four people nominated for appointment to the new Electoral Commission, which will be entitled An Coimisiún Toghcháin. Ministers yesterday agreed to nominate Professor Fennell, along wi

The Traveller Equality and Justice Project (TEJP) has won recognition at University College Cork's Teaching Excellence Awards. A partnership between UCC School of Law and legal rights group FLAC, the project operates a clinic providing information and representation to Travellers who have experience

Trinity College Dublin will next week host a roundtable discussion on censorship and freedom of the press, drawing on the experience of the Northern Irish Troubles. Organised by the Schuler Democracy Forum, in partnership with Boston College and the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Resear

University College Cork School of Law has announced the renewal of its nearly 20-year partnership with Temple University School of Law in the US. The transatlantic partnership, which was first forged in 2004, creates opportunities for study abroad and faculty exchange.

A brand-new moot court facility has been officially opened by Northern Ireland’s Lady Chief Justice, Dame Siobhan Keegan, at Ulster University’s new Belfast campus. One of several specialist learning spaces on the expanded city centre campus, the moot court will be open for use by the un

The UK’s exit from the EU has plunged Ireland’s all-island energy market into a democratic deficit with decisions on Northern Ireland’s energy supply no longer in the hands of its citizens and government, new research has shown. The cross-border Single Electricity Market (SEM) was

Human rights lawyer Noeline Blackwell, the chief executive officer of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC), has been awarded an honorary doctorate in laws by Trinity College Dublin. The citation recognises her work as the head of DRCC as well as her previous role as head of legal rights group FLAC. It a

A feminist legal initiative aiming to research complex issues of law and gender across these islands has been awarded funding under the government's Shared Island programme. Dr Maebh Harding of University College Dublin (UCD) is leading the Doing Feminist Legal Work (DFLW) project, which will bring