In this episode, Professor Ursula Kilkelly (UCC School of Law and Chairperson of the Board of Management at Oberstown Children Detention Campus) and Pat Bergin (Director of Oberstown Children Campus 2013-2020) discuss their new book, "Advancing Children’s Rights in Detention: A Model for International Reform", recently published by Bristol University Press.  Using the case study of Oberstown Children Detention Campus, the book details how reform of children's detention facilities can take place through the application of a child-centred model of detention that fulfils the rights of the ch ..read more

Professor Áine Ryall speaks with Fred Logue, Principal of FP Logue Solicitors. The Centre for Law and the Environment and the UCC School of Law acknowledge the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs Communicating Europe Initiative 2021 ..read more

Professor Áine Ryall speaks with Joe Noonan, Noonan Linehan Carroll Coffey. The Centre for Law and the Environment and the UCC School of Law acknowledge the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs Communicating Europe Initiative 2021 ..read more

Professor Áine Ryall speaks with Grace O’Sullivan, Green Party MEP for Ireland South.  The Centre for Law and the Environment and the UCC School of Law acknowledge the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs Communicating Europe Initiative 2021.  ..read more

In this special episode of the UCC School of Law Impact Series, nine of our PhD students share an overview of and insights from their fascinating research. The breadth of scholarship across so many legal areas – from family law to company law, gambling regulation to the environment – is indicative of the high-quality research undertaken in the School. UCC School of Law is proud to host Ireland’s most successful graduate research programme in Law. Our PhD students are provided with an unparalleled experience within a well-established and vibrant community of over 40 graduate researchers, where ..read more

This Impact Series features interviews with UCC School of Law faculty members, focusing on the resounding impact of their work across a broad range of areas in the public policy sphere. Today's episode is an interview with Professor Conor O'Mahony, Special Rapporteur on Child Protection. The Special Rapporteur is appointed by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to take an independent, objective and expert view of the child protection system in Ireland and related issues, contributing to the development and review and development of child protection policy and ..read more

This Impact Series features interviews with UCC School of Law faculty members, focusing on the resounding impact of their work across a broad range of areas in the public policy sphere. Today's episode is an interview with Professor Mary Donnelly, joint-chair of HSE National Consent Policy Advisory group, joint-chair of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act commencement group, member of the Mental Health Commission Legislation Committee and member of the National Research Ethics Committees.  Interviewed by School of Law PhD candidate and Law Lecturer at Munster Technological Univers ..read more

This new Impact Series features interviews with UCC School of Law faculty members, focusing on the resounding impact of their work across a broad range of areas in the public policy sphere. Today's episode is an interview with Professor Irene Lynch Fannon - conducted by School of Law PhD candidate Michael Boland - about her fascinating and timely work as Chair of the Insolvency Sub-Committee of the Company Law Review Group, a government body which advises the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the review and development of company law in Ireland.  ..read more

Professor Áine Ryall speaks with Attracta Uí Bhroin, Environmental Law Officer, Irish Environmental Network and Vice-President, European Environmental Bureau. Attracta Uí Bhroin participated in this podcast in a personal capacity ..read more

Professor Áine Ryall speaks with Judge Anthony M Collins, Judge of the General Court of the European Union. Judge Collins participated in this podcast in a personal capacity ..read more