Whose business is human rights? The relationship between business and human rights is now on the agenda of many key international organisations Human Rights • 11 Jan 21
Whose business is human rights? The relationship between business and human rights is now on the agenda of many key international organisations Human Rights • 11 Jan 21
How is online gambling regulated across Europe? Regulation remains a highly politicised issue which is why different countries have different approaches to the issue law • 10 Dec 20
How is online gambling regulated across Europe? Regulation remains a highly politicised issue which is why different countries have different approaches to the issue law • 10 Dec 20
How Irish women played a key role in the 1920s' Dáil courts The 1920s' legal system was innovative in its use of female judges and evoking Brehon laws in cases concerning single mothers History • 11 Dec 20
How Irish women played a key role in the 1920s' Dáil courts The 1920s' legal system was innovative in its use of female judges and evoking Brehon laws in cases concerning single mothers History • 11 Dec 20
Do the dead have property rights? Burial instructions may not necessarily be fulfilled given the law in some jurisdictions law • 08 Dec 20
Do the dead have property rights? Burial instructions may not necessarily be fulfilled given the law in some jurisdictions law • 08 Dec 20
Should Seamus Woulfe resign from the Supreme Court? This extraordinary controversy highlights the current absence of proper mechanisms for dealing with such judicial matters Ireland • 10 Nov 20
Should Seamus Woulfe resign from the Supreme Court? This extraordinary controversy highlights the current absence of proper mechanisms for dealing with such judicial matters Ireland • 10 Nov 20
What exactly are you giving away when you hand over your DNA? Sharing your DNA information for a genetic profile may well have potentially harmful privacy infringements for you and your family Brainstorm • 13 Jul 21
What exactly are you giving away when you hand over your DNA? Sharing your DNA information for a genetic profile may well have potentially harmful privacy infringements for you and your family Brainstorm • 13 Jul 21
Has the right to privacy taken a back seat during the pandemic? The last few months have seen indications that we may value the accessibility of luxury goods and services more than our privacy Coronavirus • 01 Oct 20
Has the right to privacy taken a back seat during the pandemic? The last few months have seen indications that we may value the accessibility of luxury goods and services more than our privacy Coronavirus • 01 Oct 20
How remote court hearings present challenges for young people Care should be taken to ensure remote hearings do not dilute the legal rights children are entitled to under Irish and international law law • 31 Aug 20
How remote court hearings present challenges for young people Care should be taken to ensure remote hearings do not dilute the legal rights children are entitled to under Irish and international law law • 31 Aug 20
How would you cope with cocooning in prison? Many who were cocooned in prison during the Covid-19 lockdown experienced isolation at another level Coronavirus • 29 Jul 20
How would you cope with cocooning in prison? Many who were cocooned in prison during the Covid-19 lockdown experienced isolation at another level Coronavirus • 29 Jul 20
What's the legal effect of Covid-19 payment breaks on mortgages? Payment breaks and deferrals have been facilitated by lenders, but the financial consequences are ultimately borne by borrowers Mortgages • 27 Jul 20
What's the legal effect of Covid-19 payment breaks on mortgages? Payment breaks and deferrals have been facilitated by lenders, but the financial consequences are ultimately borne by borrowers Mortgages • 27 Jul 20
The story of the first Dáil's 'illegal' legal system The Dáil Courts were most active during the War of Independence and involved many disputes over land History • 24 Jul 20
The story of the first Dáil's 'illegal' legal system The Dáil Courts were most active during the War of Independence and involved many disputes over land History • 24 Jul 20
How patents will affect pandemic vaccines and treatments Patents can have many unforeseen consequences for the provision of urgent medicines and tests needed to fight Covid-19 Patents • 03 Jul 20
How patents will affect pandemic vaccines and treatments Patents can have many unforeseen consequences for the provision of urgent medicines and tests needed to fight Covid-19 Patents • 03 Jul 20
Would African-Americans be granted refugee status in Ireland? African-Americans at risk of police brutality because of racism could flee the US and seek asylum in Ireland law • 29 Jun 20
Would African-Americans be granted refugee status in Ireland? African-Americans at risk of police brutality because of racism could flee the US and seek asylum in Ireland law • 29 Jun 20
What are voluntary care agreements? A new study later this year will provide long overdue scrutiny of the system for voluntary care agreements in Ireland Children • 29 May 20
What are voluntary care agreements? A new study later this year will provide long overdue scrutiny of the system for voluntary care agreements in Ireland Children • 29 May 20
Is it possible to have a socially distant trial by jury? Here are some suggestions to ensure constitutionally mandated jury trials can take place in a safe environment for all participants law • 07 May 20
Is it possible to have a socially distant trial by jury? Here are some suggestions to ensure constitutionally mandated jury trials can take place in a safe environment for all participants law • 07 May 20
Why Irish problem gamblers need a regulator Protecting Ireland's many gambling addicts would be best done with the establishment of a gambling regulator Gambling • 08 May 20
Why Irish problem gamblers need a regulator Protecting Ireland's many gambling addicts would be best done with the establishment of a gambling regulator Gambling • 08 May 20
How will Ireland police the pandemic? An Garda Síochána have an opportunity to show that public safety can be maintained through consent rather than enforcement Coronavirus • 21 Apr 20
How will Ireland police the pandemic? An Garda Síochána have an opportunity to show that public safety can be maintained through consent rather than enforcement Coronavirus • 21 Apr 20
Why have Irish courts been slow to move online during the crisis? A lack of infrastructure, inexperience with online tools and compliance with the Constitution have meant a delay in online sittings law • 09 Apr 20
Why have Irish courts been slow to move online during the crisis? A lack of infrastructure, inexperience with online tools and compliance with the Constitution have meant a delay in online sittings law • 09 Apr 20
The problem with Shannon airport's contentious US visitors The continuing use of the airport by US military may create legal issues for Ireland with the International Criminal Court Shannon Airport • 11 Mar 20
The problem with Shannon airport's contentious US visitors The continuing use of the airport by US military may create legal issues for Ireland with the International Criminal Court Shannon Airport • 11 Mar 20
Why do people confess to crimes they haven't done? As The Nobody Zone podcast shows, crime confessions are compelling, regardless of guilt or innocence. The Nobody Zone • 08 Oct 24
Why do people confess to crimes they haven't done? As The Nobody Zone podcast shows, crime confessions are compelling, regardless of guilt or innocence. The Nobody Zone • 08 Oct 24
The curious tale of the Ballycotton ghost ship What does maritime law have to say about the ship which ended up on the rocks off the Cork coast? Marine • 03 Mar 20
The curious tale of the Ballycotton ghost ship What does maritime law have to say about the ship which ended up on the rocks off the Cork coast? Marine • 03 Mar 20
Why we need more marine protected areas They are a proven solution to many of the problems around the staggering loss of biodiversity in our oceans Marine • 27 Feb 20
Why we need more marine protected areas They are a proven solution to many of the problems around the staggering loss of biodiversity in our oceans Marine • 27 Feb 20
How criminal gangs could be stopped by maths Modern mathematical tools can provide police forces with a greater understanding of how crime and criminal gangs work Maths • 13 Feb 20
How criminal gangs could be stopped by maths Modern mathematical tools can provide police forces with a greater understanding of how crime and criminal gangs work Maths • 13 Feb 20
The significant human rights issues around evictions in Ireland Media reports of high profile evictions mask what is a lengthy and traumatic social and legal process Evictions • 16 Jan 20
The significant human rights issues around evictions in Ireland Media reports of high profile evictions mask what is a lengthy and traumatic social and legal process Evictions • 16 Jan 20
Proposed climate law is a big step forward, but questions remain While there are many welcome elements in the Climate Action Amendment Bill, a number of important issues have not been addressed Climate Change • 07 Jan 20
Proposed climate law is a big step forward, but questions remain While there are many welcome elements in the Climate Action Amendment Bill, a number of important issues have not been addressed Climate Change • 07 Jan 20
