News and Events
News and Events
- 1 June 2020 - A Right to Disconnect: Irish and European Legal Perspectives - Experts from the COVID-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory at Trinity College Dublin recommend Ireland puts the right of its workers to disconnect into binding legislation to safeguard against the working culture of “constant availability” and the damaging consequences that can have for well-being.
- The Irish Times Thursday 10 December: A great read in today's Irish Times in response to the launch of the Covid-19 Law and Human Right's Observatory's first public policy report yesterday. Well done to Prof Deirdre Ahern and Prof Suryapratim Roy on their stellar work on the report.
- 9 December 2020 COVID-19 Public Policy Report COVID-19: Public Policy Report on Supporting Individuals, Communities, Businesses, and the Economy.
- 21 September 2020 NEW BLOG POST Temporary Restrictions Regulations (No.5) – The Dublin Lockdown. Oran Doyle, Conor White.
- 9 September 2020 Professor David Kenny and Professor Oran Doyle prepare an Observatory Submission to the Oireachtas COVID-19 Response Committee, reviewing the State's COVID response across several domains.
- 9 September 2020 NEW BLOG POST ‘I did not break any law’— Police enforcement of the lockdown. Senator Ivana Bacik, Trinity College Dublin.
- 7 September 2020 NEW BLOG POST COVID-19, Powers of Entry, and the Constitutional Protection for the Dwelling. Rachael Walsh, Trinity College Dublin.
- 2 September 2020 NEW BLOG POST Golf gate and Judicial Misbehaviour. Dr David Kenny, Trinity College Dublin.
- 28 August 2020 NEW BLOG POST On Legal Obligations and Golf-Gate. Oran Doyle, Trinity College Dublin.
- 25 August 2020 NEW BLOG POST Ethics and Vaccine Development. Linda Hogan, Trinity College Dublin.
- 13 August 2020 NEW BLOG POST The Advent of a Covid-19 Legal Regime for Virtual AGMs: A New Vista of Technological Corporate Accountability to Shareholders. Deirdre Ahern, Trinity College Dublin.
- 11 August 2020 NEW BLOG POST Direct provision and COVID19. Patricia Brazil, Trinity College Dublin.
- 6 August 2020 NEW BLOG POST Freedom in the Pandemic: Seatbelts, Speed Limits, and Smoking Bans. Alan Eustace, Trinity College Dublin, Alastair Richardson, Inns of Court College of Advocacy.
- 4 August 2020 NEW BLOG POST COVID-19 and the Funerals in Ireland: A Strange New Normal. Heather Conway, Queen’s University Belfast.
- 31 July 2020 NEW BLOG POST Covid-19 and Cyber Security: Averting Cybercrime, Safeguarding Data and Protecting People. Maria Grazia Porcedda, Trinity College Dublin.
- 31 July 2020 NEW BLOG POST Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) Holidays Update. Mel Cousins, Trinity College Dublin.
- 29 July 2020 NEW BLOG POST Fighting Fire with Fire? The Judicial Review of Anti-Pandemic Measures. Andrea Pin, University of Padua.
- 28 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Divergent Legal Responses to Covid-19 in Central and Eastern Europe. Beatrice Monciunskaite, Dublin City University.
- 28 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Holidays in the Sun? Mel Cousins, Trinity College Dublin.
- 27 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Quarantine after international travel: legal obligations, public health advice, pervasive confusion. Oran Doyle, Trinity College Dubin.
- 24 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Trial by Jury in a Pandemic. Mark Coen, University College Dublin.
- 22 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Safeguarding Employees - Welfare during COVID-19: Is Employment Law ‘Working From Home’? Desmond Ryan, Trinity College Dublin.
- 20 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Private Policy, Public Health and the Balance of Power during COVID-19. Róisín Costello, Trinity College Dublin.
- 17 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Private Policy, Public Health and the Balance of Power during COVID-19. Róisín Costello, Trinity College Dublin.
- 15 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST The Ethics of Lockdown: Transparency, Accountability and Community Involvement. Andrea Mulligan, Trinity College Dublin.
- 13 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST The Oireachtas and Mandatory Face Coverings. Conor White, University of Cambridge.
- 13 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Judicial Consideration of Wards of Court during the Pandemic. Patricia Brazil, Trinity College Dublin.
- 10 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Executive Power and ‘Caretaker’ Taoisigh. Conor Casey, European University Institute
- 8 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST The Social Protection Response to COVID-19. Mel Cousins, Trinity College Dublin.
- 7 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Ask an Expert: Overseeing prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Caron McCaffrey, Director General of the Irish Prison Service.
- 5 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Accommodating Diversity When Returning to the Workplace. Professor Mark Bell, Trinity College Dublin.
- 3 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Under the Radar: Lessons from Ordinary Data Processing in Easing Pandemic Lockdown. Dr Maria Grazia Porcedda, Trinity College Dublin.
- 2 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Covid-19, Offences Against the State and ‘Sunset Clauses'. Senator Ivana Bacik, Trinity College Dublin.
- 1 July 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Success Against the Odds? Ireland’s Pandemic Response in Global Context. Tom Gerald Daly, Melbourne University.
- 30 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Ask an Expert: Campaigning for Prisoners’ rights during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Irish Penal Reform Trust. Fíona Ní Chinnéide, Executive Director of Irish Penal Reform Trust.
- 29 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Particularly Pressing in Pandemic Context. Prof Donna Lyons, Trinity College Dublin.
- 22 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST COVID-19 and its Implications for Financial Stability in the Eurozone. Prof Alexandros Seretakis, Trinity College Dublin.
- 19 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST COVID-19’s Silver Lining - Housing, the Constitution, and the Scope for Post-Crisis Reform. Prof Rachael Walsh, Trinity College Dublin.
- 17 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Corporate Social Responsibility in a Time of Crisis. Prof Blanaid Clarke, Corporate Law Trinity College Dublin.
- 15 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST COVID-19 and States of Emergency, placing Irish legal response to COVID19 in it's international context. Joelle Grogan, Middlesex University.
- 12 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Protecting Workers’ Rights during COVID-19 – A Remote Prospect? Alan Eustace - Trinity College Dublin
- 10 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Prof Leslie Green, Oxford University addresses Freedom and how people respond to restrictions in the context of the pandemic - Your Freedom and Theirs.
- 9 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Prof Oran Doyle - Phase 2 Easing of Ireland’s Lockdown Restrictions.
- 8 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Ask an Expert: Monitoring of Prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Patricia Gilheaney, Inspector of Prisons, Ireland. @ Prila
- 5 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST Leaving Home: Reasonable Excuses, Vagueness, and the Rule of Law, by Prof Oran Doyle.
- 3 June 2020 - Prof Oran Doyle and Prof Arianna Vedaschi participated in a webinar organised by Trinity Development and Alumni on Legal Responses to Covid-19: Personal freedom in a time of emergency. A recording of the webinar can be viewed here.
- 3 June 2020 - NEW BLOG POST: David Kenny, ‘Public Accountability in the Pandemic: Covid-19 and State Governance'.
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2 June 2020 - Dr Donna Lyons and Dr Suryapratim Roy participated in a webinar organised by Trinity Research in Social Sciences on Human Rights and Democracy after COVID-19. A recording of the webinar can be viewed here.