In the 12th and final episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens' Rights, our host, Romane Lieber speaks to Project PI, Dr Luigi Lonardo.

In the 11th episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens' Rights, our host, Romane Lieber speaks to artist Claire Halpin and Senior Curator of the Glucksman Gallery, Tadhg Crowley about our upcoming closing conference and launch of a new commission for the UCC Art Collection in the presence of artist Claire Halpin. Our final event will be held o…

In the 10th episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens' Rights, our host, Romane Lieber speaks to artist Claire Halpin and Senior Curator of the Glucksman Gallery, Tadhg Crowley about most recent events; 2 creative workshops. Our final event will be held on Friday, October 18th in the Glucksman Gallery. Please check our website for more detail…

Welcome to the UCC Law & the Environment Podcast Series! In this episode, our host Dr Marie Aronsson-Storrier speaks to PhD Researcher, Niamh Guiry. Last year, Marie and Niamh both attended the COP 28 Global Summit in Expo City, Dubai, as part of University College Cork's Student, Academic and Researcher Delegation. In this podcast, they reflect on…

In the 9th episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens'Rights, our host, Romane Lieber reflects on our recent event, 'The pandemic asa Litmus test for EU anti-discrimination law'. The discussion looks at how theglobal pandemic, Covid19, enhanced gender and racial/ethnic inequalities,focusing on the capacity of EU anti-discrimination law to temp…

In the 8th episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens Rights, our host, Romane Lieber speaks to Professor Dagmar Schiek about our upcoming event, 'The EU as promoter of Anti-Discrimination Rights in its Neighbourhood – Comparing Northern Ireland and Ukraine' which will be held in Dublin and online on the 6th February, also touching on an upcom…

In the seventh episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens Rights, our host, Romane Lieber speaks to Professor Dagmar Schiek and Dr Alezini Loxa about the recent panel discussion, 'EU Integration and Citizens' Rights - A New Avenue to EU Legitimacy?' which took place at the UACES 2023 Conference in Belfast, September 2023.…

In the sixth episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens Rights, our host, Romane Lieber speaks to Dr Robert Butler, Department of Economics, UCC about our upcoming seminar on 'Experiencing Sports Broadcasts without Borders'. This seminar will be held on Wednesday 20th September (both online and in person) and will look at the evolution of spor…

In the fifth episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens Rights, our host, Romane Lieber speaks to Dr Ulrich Schachtschneider and Dr Anastasia Karatzia about our recent seminar on the European Citizens' Initiative and the Initiative of the Universal Basic Income. To find out more about our upcoming events, and the project more generally, visit …

In the forth episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens Rights, our host, Romane Lieber speaks to Dr Anthony Soares, Dr Oksana Holovka-Havrvsheva and Prof Dagmar Schiek about our upcoming seminar on how the EU's law and politics in its neighbourhood impact on citizens' lives in the neighbourhood and the EU itself. This topic was discussed in m…

In the third episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens Rights, Dr Stephen Coutts speaks to our host, Romane Lieber, about the Covid-19 Crisis and the response of the European Union. To find out more about our upcoming events, and the project more generally, visit our website - https://www.ucc.ie/en/eu-integration-citizens-rights/ or follow us…

In the second episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens Rights, Dr Luigi Lonardo speaks to our host, Romane Lieber, about the Activation of EU derived rights in third countries. To find out more about our upcoming events, and the project more generally, visit our website - https://www.ucc.ie/en/eu-integration-citizens-rights/ or follow us on …

In the first episode of our Jean Monnet Podcast for Citizens Rights, Professor Dagmar Schiek reflects on the past year of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for EU Integration and Citizens' Rights. Along with our host, Romane Lieber, Professor Schiek reflects on the Centre's past events and discusses upcoming events for 2023. To find out more abo…

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 Universi…

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.

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.

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.

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 Scho…

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 Child…

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…

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 w…

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.Von UCC School of Law

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.Von UCC School of Law

Professor Áine Ryall speaks with Leo Flynn, Legal Advisor in the Legal Service of the European Commission. Leo Flynn participated in this podcast in a personal capacity.Von UCC School of Law

Captain Brian Fitzgerald, Operations Branch Commander of the Irish Naval Service, describes some of the complex jurisdictional, political, and legal challenges faced by the Naval Service while rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean during Operation Sophia.Looking toward the future, he also sketches out some of the complicated scenarios the Naval Se…

Speaking after a recent Centre for Law and the Environment's seminar exploring recent developments in European Union Environmental Law, Dr Fred Logue describes how he worked with Friends of the Irish Environment and Right to Know to access environmental information from public authorities through litigation.…

Robert Schwartz, Phyllis W. Beck Chair in Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law, talks Professor Ursula Kilkelly through the history of Juvenile Law Center, describing how the center evolved from representing individual children and young people to become a national advocacy organisation fighting to better the lives of thousands.…

Ahead of delivering the 11th Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights Distinguished Lecture at UCC, Professor Rhona Smith sat down with Dr Dug Cubie to discuss her role and the human rights situation in Cambodia.Von UCC School of Law

Emanating from their contributions in a recently published collection of essays titled, Creating Corporate Sustainability Gender as an Agent for Change, Professor Irene Lynch Fannon (co-editor of the volume) and Dr Catherine O'Sullivan talk to Michael Boland about the role of women and gender equality, corporate power, and sustainability.…

Dr Mary Tumelty discusses some of the findings of the Scally Report and the need for genuine apologies in cases of medical negligenceVon UCC School of Law

Jane attended the Justice Conference in Dublin during early September, where she spoke with Oonagh McPhillips, Deputy Secretary General in the Department of Justice and Equality, Inge Philips-Bryan, Partner, Deloitte Netherlands, Michael Donnellan, Director General of the Irish Prison Service, Tom Gash, Author and Managing Director, Leapwise, Carol…

Deirdre Kelleher, a recent graduate of the LLM in Child and Family Law, describes the rights of cohabitants in Ireland under the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010.Von UCC School of Law

Steven Caruana tells Jane why he believes OPCAT ratification and detention inspection with a preventive focus is an opportunity worth seizing for Ireland.Von UCC School of Law

In the lead up to the referendum on the 8th amendment, Jane spoke with Rachel O'Sullivan, writer, mother and activist, about child protection issues and how the graphic imagery/slogans on No campaign posters put her in an impossible position as a parent when trying to explain the complexities of abortion to her young children.…

Dr Dug Cubie tells Jane how the Irish Research Council funded International Disaster Law Project aims to develop a collaborative research agenda between academics and practitioners in order to strengthen global networks working on international disaster law.Von UCC School of Law

Jane takes the Law and Justice podcast off campus and speaks with Suzy Byrne about her life-long fascination with politics, activism, disability, blogging and her thoughts about Ireland's recent (though tardy) ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD).Von UCC School of Law

Jane speaks with Professor Fiona de Londras, UCC School of Law graduate and Deputy Head of Birmingham Law School, about her and Mairead Enright's new book "Repealing the 8th - Reforming Irish Abortion Law".Von UCC School of Law

Professor Owen McIntyre discusses transboundary water resources ahead of the Law and the Environment Conference at UCC.Von UCC School of Law

In this episode, Professor Jonathan Todres discusses his work on children's literature, human rights, morality and the lessons that people big and small can learn from legendary writers like Dr Seuss.Von UCC School of Law

Before presenting his paper at a recent seminar titled "Electronic Monitoring in Ireland: Shaping what we do and who we are", Dr Darius Whelan spoke with Jane Mulcahy about the monitoring of smartphones in the workplace and the use of CCTV by employers.Von UCC School of Law

Jane Mulcahy speaks with Dr Vicky Conway and Cathleen O'Toole about the work of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland and how it is engaging with communities throughout Ireland.Von UCC School of Law

This week, Jane Mulcahy speaks with Dr Amanullah De Sondy from the Study of Religions Department at UCC about contemporary Islam, Dr Vicky Conway and Cathleen O'Toole, member and chair of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland respectively, discuss the Commission, and Dr Dug Cubie details international disaster law.…

Michael Prendergast is a UCC School of Law graduate who is documenting the experiences of refugees fleeing the Syrian Conflict with the UN Refugee AgencyVon UCC School of Law

On our first podcast of 2018, Jane Mulcahy speaks with Anne Marie Crean about Reclaiming Self, an organisation which provides opportunity and support to those who have experienced systematic, institutional state abuse, the environment to openly discuss their past, develop self-reclamation and seek support in a non-intrusive, survivor-orientated atm…

On our final podcast of 2017, Jane Mulcahy speaks with Dr Louise Crowley about UCC's Bystander Intervention programme and Dr Sharon Lambert from the School of Applied Psychology discusses Adverse Childhood Experiences, their impacts & the need for trauma-informed practice to improve lives & outcomes.…

On the 6th instalment of our podcast, Jane Mulcahy speaks with mental health experts; Dr. Harry Gijbels, Dr. Liam MacGabhann and Kirsten MacLean at the Critical Voices Network Ireland conference held at UCC between November 15/16.Shay Buckley, Editor-in-Chief of the Cork Online Law Review, also dropped into studio to talk about one of Ireland's lea…

This week, Jane Mulcahy reports from the UCC Law Conference, where she spoke with Noeline Blackwell, CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, and Tom O'Malley, member of the Irish Law Reform Commission and senior lecturer at NUIG, about consent and the Sexual Offences Act 2017 respectively.Dr Lawrence Siry, talks us through his fascinating career as a…

On the fourth episode of the Law and Justice Podcast, Jane Mulcahy chats with speakers from the ICPA Conference "Innovation in Rehabilitation: Building Better Futures", including Professor Fergus McNeill, Fiona McGregor, Hilary Ineomo-Marcus, Andrew Couples, and Gary Stephens. In addition, Dr Mark Cullinane from the Department of Applied Social Stu…