A leading US broadcaster, an attorney & a proud Irish-American, Tim Russert died
#OTD
14 years ago. Two of his former
@NBCNews
@MeetThePress
colleagues
@BFischerMartin
and
@erinowen721
reflected on his legacy and the lessons for today's journalists.
Our sincere condolences on the untimely death of our wonderful colleague Dr Paul Anthony McDermott SC BCL '94 PhD '98.
Déanaimid comhbhrón ó chroí ar bhás anabaí An Dochtúra Pól Antaine Mac Diarmada AS BCL '94 PhD '98 a bhí ina chomhghleacaí iontach.
“I’d suggest that the complete removal of any reference to women or mothers from Article 41.2 is going pretty far indeed. There are, or should be, practical implications for women arising out of the current Article 41.2..”
@BirdyBooky
BCL '91
👏🏼👏👏🏾
@ProfPech
(currently Professor of European Law
@MDXlaw
) on his appointment as our next Dean!
Tréaslaímid leis An Ollamh Laurent Pech, an chéad Déan eile orainn!
Nous félicitons le professeur Laurent Pech, notre prochain doyen!
The Coinage Act, 1926 was enacted
#OTD
94 years ago, giving the Irish Free State its own coinage:
Cothrom an lae seo 94 bliana ó shin a ritheadh an tAcht Coighneála, 1926, a thug a mhona féin do Shaorstát Éireann den chéad uair:
We eagerly await
@ProfCCostello
bringing her experience & expertise to
@UCDLawSchool
when she joins us as a colleague this summer!
Táimid ag tnúth go mór leis go rachaidh saineolaí clúiteach mar Chaitrín Ní Choisdealbha isteach sa Scoil an samhradh seo!
👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾
@MaherImelda
on her recent appointment as Senior Vice-President of
@RIAdawson
!
Tréaslaímid le duine dár gcuid comhghleacaithe An tOllamh Imelda Ní Mheachair, a ceapadh le déanaí mar Leas-Uachtarán Sinsearach ar Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann!
“The State restricts the constitutional status of Family to ones based on marriage for good reasons. If you allow people to move into ... & ... out of a relationship ... you will be creating successive Families with rights ... ”
@SenatorMcDowell
We're very grateful to
@MaherImelda
, who recently ended her term as Dean of Law during the most challenging times imaginable. Táimid an-bhuíoch den Ollamh Imelda Ní Mheachair, a chríochnaigh mar Dhéan an Dlí le déanaí le linn na n-amanna ba dhúshlánaí a d'fhéadfá a shamhlú.
“The battle to be myself”: The Long Road to Gender Recognition in Ireland
Webinar 12.45pm Wed 8 Mar 2023
Dr Lydia Foy in conversation with
@bill_shipsey
BCL '79 (UCD Law Alumnus of the Year 2022)
This
#IWD2023
join fellow UCD alumni Dr Lydia Foy and
@bill_shipsey
in conversation on the campaign that led to historic social change and the passing of the Gender Recognition Act of 2015.🏳️⚧️
Register here:
@ucdsocscilaw
@UCDLawSchool
Congrats to
@N_Howlin
who has been appointed Dean of Law
@ucddublin
, with effect from September!
Tréaslaímid leis An Dochtúir Niamh Húilín a ceapadh ina Déan ar an Dlí i gCOBÁC, le bheith sa phost sin ó Mheán Fómhair 2021!
Our best wishes to
@N_Howlin
on her first day as Dean of Law
@ucddublin
!
Guímid gach rath ar An Dochtúir Niamh Húilín ar an gcéad lá go bhfuil sí ina Déan ar an Dlí i gCOBÁC!
Our sincere condolences to all who are mourning the loss of our Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence and Legal History, the incomparable WN (Nial) Osborough (1939-2020).
Death notice:
@IrLegalHist
@FourCourtsPress
@RIAdawson
@TCDLawSchool
"Homelessness is an Irish choice"
In the latest edition of
@VillageMagIRE
our PhD student
@seana_g
argues, drawing on the analysis of global poverty by
@PhilipGAlston
, that homelessness in Ireland is the result of specific political decisions by successive Irish Governments.
'£100 reward will be paid...' Today is the 125th anniversary of the decision of the Court of Appeal in Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256:
#contract
“I’d suggest that the complete removal of any reference to women or mothers from Article 41.2 is going pretty far indeed. There are, or should be, practical implications for women arising out of the current Article 41.2..”
@BirdyBooky
BCL '91
Dr Aonghus Cheevers (1976-2020)
Our sincere condolences on the sudden death of our PhD alumnus
@CheeversAonghus
to his family, friends & colleagues at
@LawGovDCU
& elsewhere.
Déanaimid comhbhrón ó chroí le gach duine ar léan leo bás Aonghuis Shíbhear.
👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾
@rossafanning
BCL '97 LLM '00 on his appointment today as Attorney General, 6 years after his call to the Inner Bar!
👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾 Rossa Fanning AS BCL '97 LLM '00, a ceapadh inniu ina Ard-Aighne, gan ach sé bliana tar éis glaodh chun an Bharra Istigh air!
Lawyer and politician Adnan Menderes was executed
#OTD
in 1961, after a military coup had ousted him as Turkish Prime Minister
In 2016
@ishaantharoor
wrote about the parallels between Menderes and Recep Tayyip Erdogan
A very happy birthday to Catherine McGuinness, 89 today! Our colleague Dr Mark Coen was prime mover in commissioning a portrait of her by Miseon Lee, unveiled
@NGIreland
last year and donated to the nation
@Taramadoyle
. 📸
@laoghain
Congrats to our colleagues Dr Marie-Luce Paris & Dr Liam Thornton on being recently promoted to Associate Professor!
Tréaslaímid le beirt dár gcuid comhghleacaithe Na Dochtúirí Marie-Luce Paris agus Liam Ó Draighneáin, a ndearnadh Ollúna Comhlacha díobh!
Today is the 99th anniversary of Frances Kyle and Averil Deverell being the first women to be called to the Bar of Ireland.
Cothrom an lae seo 99 mbliana ó shin a glaodh ar an gcéad bheirt bhan chun Bharra na hÉireann, Frances Kyle and Averil Deverell.
This day 99 years ago...
@ThisDayIrish
We've gathered the facinating biographies of the first 100 women called to the Bar.
Read our Trailblazers presentation at
Today is
@ProfPech
's first working day as Dean of Law at
@ucddublin
. All the best to him during his 3-year term!
An chéad lá oibre a bhfuil An tOllamh Laurent Pech ina Dhéan an Dlí i COBÁC atá inniu ann. Gach rath air le linn a théarma trí bliana!
Congratulations to all our staff, students & supporters on
@ucddublin
being ranked No. 47 in the world for Law in the latest
@THEworldunirank
published yesterday! 🙌 🎉 🎆
"Homelessness is an Irish choice"
In the latest edition of
@VillageMagIRE
our PhD student
@seana_g
argues, drawing on the analysis of global poverty by
@PhilipGAlston
, that homelessness in Ireland is the result of specific political decisions by successive Irish Governments.
"Homelessness is an Irish choice"
In the latest edition of
@VillageMagIRE
our PhD student
@seana_g
argues, drawing on the analysis of global poverty by
@PhilipGAlston
, that homelessness in Ireland is the result of specific political decisions by successive Irish Governments.
We are delighted that
@FlamelilyJoy
BCL '18 has passed this important milestone!
For some insights into her journey up to this point, listen to this:
via
@TodaywithClaire
and read this:
via
@aontas
Good luck to the Green Army this weekend!
Gach rath ar an Arm Glas ag an deireadh seachtaine!
@IreWomenHockey
v
@FieldHockeyCan
2.11, 3.11.2019
@GillianPinder1
BBL '18 spoke to
@RTEsport
about the task ahead
Labhair Gillan le RTÉ faoin tasc atá rompu.
Our PhD student
@Bash_Rich
was recently on The
@tommytiernan
Show on
@RTEOne
talking about his own experience of racism in Ireland and his research on citizenship law
UCD Sutherland School of Law is now the largest university law school in a common law jurisdiction within the European Union.
Níl scoil dlí ollscoile ar bith eile in aon dlínse ina bhfuil an dlí coiteann i réim laistigh den Aontas Eorpach atá níos mó ná Scoil Dlí Sutherland UCD.
Congrats
@DrRichCollins
, promoted to Associate Professor! He's an expert on public international law eg Law of the Sea.
Comhghairdeas le Richard Collins faoi ardú céime ina Ollamh Comhlach!
Saineolaí ar an dlí idirnáisiúnta (Dlí na Farraige m sh) atá ann.
Condolences to all mourning Frank Callanan SC BA '77 MA '80 PhD '92 - also one of
@UCDHistory
's most distinguished alumni.
Comhbhrón le héinne ag caoineadh An Challanánaigh; bhí sé i measc na gcéimithe is suntasaí de chuid Scoil na Staire UCD freisin.
Congrats to two more of our alumnae who were called to the Bar of Ireland this week:
@ciara_lnd
BCL '18 (winner of the
@KingsInns
Exhibition prize) and Alicia O'Connor BCL '18!
Tréaslaímid le beirt eile ár gcuid céimithe ar glaodh chun Bharra na hÉireann orthu an tseachtain seo!
The conferring by
@ucddublin
last week of an honorary LLD on Gráinne de Búrca BCL '86 (
@nyulaw
) was a truly joyous occasion!
Ócáid fíor-áthasach a bhí ann an tseachtain seo caite nuair a bhronn COBÁC céim oinigh sna Dlíthe ar An Ollamh Gráinne de Búrca BCL '86!
UCD and Sutherland School of Law united in support for Xuedan (Shelly) Xiong
COBÁC agus Scoil Dlí Sutherland ar aon intinn taobh thiar de Xuedan (Shelly) Xiong
Congrats
@CiaranFinlay89
Law/History '11; LLM '12, now Policy & Public Affairs Advisor at the National Disability Authority!
Tréaslaímid le Ciarán Ó Fionnalaigh Dlí/Stair '11; LLM '12 Comhairleoir Polasaí ┐Gnóthaí Poiblí ag an Údarás Náisiúnta Míchumais!
👏 Prof Suzanne Kingston on her appointment today to the
@EUCourtPress
General Court!
Tréaslaímid leis An tOllamh Suzanne Kingston, a ceapadh inniu ina ball de Chúirt Ghinearálta an Aontais Eorpaigh!
“[T]he authorities, instead of just using libel laws or counter-terrorism laws ... to try to silence journalists, ... are now using a range of other laws too, like fraud laws as have been used wrongly against Mr Lai ... ”
@caoilfhionnanna
BCL '99
Congrats to
@DrSarahFMcQ
on the University Teaching Excellence Award that will be presented to her next month!
Tréaslaímid leis An Dochtúir Sorcha Fulham-Nic Uilín as an nGradam Feabhais Teagaisc na hOllscoile a bhronntar an mhí seo chugainn uirthi!
"Between Ourselves with Marian Keyes"
@MarianKeyes
BCL '84 in conversation with Tara Flynn (produced by
@SteveDoherty1
)
One day left to listen back to Ep 2: The Family
We are very sad to hear that our alumnus and great benefactor Peter Sutherland SC BCL '67 died today, after a long illness. Our sincere condolences to all his family, his friends and his former colleagues.
Congrats to
@N_Howlin
who has been appointed Dean of Law
@ucddublin
, with effect from September!
Tréaslaímid leis An Dochtúir Niamh Húilín a ceapadh ina Déan ar an Dlí i gCOBÁC, le bheith sa phost sin ó Mheán Fómhair 2021!
Congrats to
@_LaurenOC_
who passed her PhD viva ("The Irish DNA Database An Examination of the Criminological Rationales Underpinning Contemporary Policy and Practice") on Friday!
Tréaslaímid leis An Dochtúir Labhraín Ní Chonaill, a chríochnaigh a viva PhD go rathúil Dé hAoine!
Several of our colleagues join call for Government to protect asylum seekers from Covid-19
Bhí roinnt dár gcuid comhghleacaithe páirteach in éileamh ar an Rialtas lucht iarrtha tearmainn a chosaint ar an gcoróinvíreas
Congrats to everyone who was called to the Bar of Ireland this week, especially Danielle and her fellow
@ucddublin
graduates!
Tréaslaímid le gach duine ar glaodh orthu, go mór mór le Danielle agus na céimithe eile de chuid COBÁC a bhí ina teannta!
Congrats to Advocate Gerard Hogan BCL '79 LLM '81 LLD '97, '16 who is to be appointed to the Supreme Court!
Gabhaimid comhghairdeas ó chroí le duine dár gcuid céimithe An tAbhcóide Ginearálta Gearóid Ó hÓgáin, atá le ceapadh ar an gCúirt Uachtarach!
"Moya Quinlan: First woman president of [
@LawSocIreland
] who took being a trailblazer in her stride"
@PFAISolicitor
BCL '91 profiled Moya Quinlan (1920-2019) for
@Independent
She would have been 100 today.
👏🏼👏👏🏾 to those conferred with degrees in Law from
@ucddublin
yesterday & to Prof Gráinne de Búrca, who received an honorary LLD!
👏🏼👏👏🏾 leo siúd ar bronnadh céim sa Dlí ó COBÁC orthu inné ⁊ leis An Oll Gráinne de Búrca, ar bronnadh LLD oinigh uirthi!
Congrats to our colleagues
@marieluceparis
&
@LTlaw_
on being recently promoted to Associate Professor!
Tréaslaímid le beirt dár gcuid comhghleacaithe Na Dochtúirí Marie-Luce Paris agus Liam Ó Draighneáin, a ndearnadh Ollúna Comhlacha díobh!
Thug Liam Ó Draighneáin fianaise os comhair coiste de chuid an Oireachtais maidir leis an soláthar díreach
@LTlaw_
testifies to Oireachtas committee on direct provision
Report by/tuairisc ó
@conor_pope
(
@IrishTimes
)
👏🏼👏🏾👏🏽
@DrSuzanneEgan
& everyone else who is responsible, as an organiser or participant, for the fantastic ICEDC conference
#HumanRights
and Education: Past, Present & Future that we hosted yesterday, Mon 12 Jun 2023!
@UCDCentreHRts
@humanrer
Congrats to
@N_Howlin
who has been appointed Dean of Law
@ucddublin
, with effect from September!
Tréaslaímid leis An Dochtúir Niamh Húilín a ceapadh ina Déan ar an Dlí i gCOBÁC, le bheith sa phost sin ó Mheán Fómhair 2021!
.
@legalscholars
Hale Lecture 2023
The Hon Mr Justice Gerard Hogan, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland: ‘Grundnormen in UK and Irish Constitutional Law’
Tue 24 Oct 2023, 6pm-7pm
Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building,
@tcddublin
RSVP: lawevent
@tcd
.ie by 10 Oct 2023
Congrats to Prof Eoin Carolan (
@constitution_ly
),
@KingstonSuzanne
& the
@ucddublin
alumni, solicitors & barristers, taking silk in a few weeks' time!
Tréaslaímid leis na sinsearaigh nua, go mór mór lenár gcéimithe ⁊ le beirt dár gcuid comhghleacaithe!
Congrats to our colleague Professor Eoin Carolan on his multi-million €
@ERC_Research
Consolidator Grant for a project entitled; "The Foundations of Institutional AuThority: a multi-dimensional model of the separation of powers."
“It's just lose, lose for the BBC. I doubt it will leave many people happy ... Once they had said they were going to ask him to take a step back, they should have stuck to that ... they've lost all authority ... ”
@LPerrins
BCL '01 via
@TodaywithClaire
Congratulations to Dr
@EdoCeles
(
@DCU
) who has just been virtually conferred with his
@ucddublin
PhD!
Comhghairdeas le An Dochtúir Edoardo Celeste ar bronnadh a PhD air go fíorúil anois díreach!
“[M]y book ... is now being used in a submission to
@IntlCrimCourt
calling for named EU officials to be investigated for crimes against humanity & ... [a] ... challenge ... against the British government['s] ... Rwandan deportations”
@sallyhayd
BCL 🌏 '12
Over 40 people have died in a shipwreck crossing from Tunisia to Europe. Journalist Sally Hayden has spent years reporting from north Africa on such tragic cases. “Everyone in the west should be… asking ourselves every day, how has the mass drowning of people become normalized?”
Congratulations to all our staff, students & supporters on
@ucddublin
being ranked No. 84 in the world for Law by
@THEworldunirank
2021 (the highest ranking for an Irish institution!) 🙌🎉🥳
In a special edition of the
@PolicedPodcast
The Beat podcast on Thursday
@drvconway
discussed questions and concerns emerging from the killing of George Nkencho by the Armed Response Unit with
@drlucymichael
BCL '01 and
@NanaNubi
BCL '15
Just finished putting together a new
@PolicedPodcast
The Beat podcast with Nana Nubi and Dr Lucy Michael about the killing of George Nkencho.
#JusticeforGeorgeNkencho
Out Now:
Our PhD student
@Bash_Rich
(assistant professor
@LawGovDCU
) discussed anti-Black racism in Ireland on
@ClaireByrneLive
this week
He'll be speaking again at 7pm this evening as part of
@FestivalUCD
's 'Young, Black, Irish' event
Congrats to everyone conferred with a law degree yesterday in
@ucddublin
! Well done on all your hard work & thanks to your supporters!
Comhghairdeas le gach duine ar bronnadh céim sa dlí air nó uirthi inné! Maith sibh as d'obair dhian; buíochas leo siúd a thacaigh leat!
Congrats to
@Noeline_B
BCL '76 (CEO
@DublinRCC
) on her appointment to the Governing Authority of
@ucddublin
!
Tréaslaímid le Noeline Blackwell BCL '76 (POF ar Ionad Éigeandála Éignithe Bhaile Átha Cliath) a cheapfar ina ball d'Údarás Ceannais COBÁC!
Extremely honoured by this appointment. Also happy to see Minister's intention to promote gender equality & to end any tolerance of
#SexualHarassment
in third level institutions. Thank you
@SimonHarrisTD
!
Our warm congratulations to Judge Paul Kelly BCL '78 (to be the new President of the District Court) and our former colleague Siobhán Stack SC (to be appointed to the High Court)! She is a graduate of
@LawUCC
and
@cambridgelaw
@RuthDE
We are investigating whether any action can be taken to deal with this parody account. As often is the case, the word "Official" in a Twitter handle has the inverse of its usual meaning.
A collaboration between
@ucddublin
&
@NLIreland
, in less than five years
@MoLI_Museum
has established itself as one of the key places for making & sharing literature, arts & culture in Dublin.
My curatorial project 'Is this a poem?' opened
@MoLI_Museum
on Saturday. A mixed-media exhibition and event programme that collects works of poetry specifically conceived to operate beyond the page, sometimes in non-verbal modes. Book your visit now. More:
Well done to
@walkwhileyoucan
on completing this epic journey, for the benefit of
@IMNDA
&
#MND
research!
Tréaslaímid leis An Athair Tony Coote as an turas iontach a chríochnú, ar mhaithe le tacaíocht agus taighe i dtaca leis an ngalar néarón luadrach!
👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾
@saoirseenright
& supervisor
@LaurCah
! We look forward to Dr Enright taking up a new postdoc position with us shortly. Tréaslaímid leis An Dochtúir Nic Ionnrachtaigh! Táimid ag tnúth lena dul i mbun post iardhochtúireachta nua linn ar ball beag.