Professor Ray Murphy

Irish Centre for Human Rights School of Law

Prof. Ray Murphy is a professor at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, NUI Galway

The Irish Government will learn tomorrow if the bid for a seat on the UN Security Council has been successful

There have been reports of recent incursions of Russian bombers like the Tupolev TU-95 in airspace controlled by Ireland.

The current US administration has turned decades of US policy on Israel and Palestine on its head

While members of the Irish special forces are more than able for any role they may be assigned, the conflict in Mali is volatile and ...

Escalating tensions between the two countries could have huge ramifications for the Middle East

NATO has moved far from a core mission "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down."

As a new batch of Irish troops prepare for deployment, the possibility of military action by Israel in the Golan remains a serious threat

Irish soldiers on the latest UNIFIL tour of duty will face a more complex regional situation than was the case in 1978

What has the Defence Forces' involvement in UN peacekeeping missions meant for Irish troops?

Now more than ever, we need to make clear that international law provides mechanisms for accountability