The editors of the Irish Yearbook of International Law welcome submissions for publication the next volume. Articles should not be published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. Selected papers will appear in Vol VII of the Yearbook. An annual, peer reviewed publication, the Irish Yearbook of International Law is committed to the publication of articles(…)
Today’s (Irish) Sunday Times reports (no online link) that at least some members of Fine Gael want the proposed abortion legislation to include a requirement that six medical professionals would certify the need for abortion in cases of suicidal ideation. Whether this claim is correct or not, and whether—if it is correct—it will survive the(…)
The last week or so has been significant from the perspective of LGBT rights in Ireland in respect of employment equality and marriage equality. In both areas legislative change to remove clear inequalities has been proposed over the past week and, in the case of marriage equality, the attention of the Constitutional Convention has been(…)
It is 21 years ago today that the Supreme Court handed down its now infamous judgment in Attorney General v X [1991] 1 IR 1. That case fleshed out the meaning of the 8th Amendment to the Constitution, inserted in 1983 as Article 40.3.3. By protecting the life of the “unborn” to an equal degree(…)
The European Commission on Racism and Intolerance has released its fourth monitoring cycle report on Ireland, which is available here. Although there are some points upon which Ireland is commended (including the continuing operation of the Equality Tribunal, the establishment and remit of the Press Ombudsman, Press Complaints Commission and National Employment Rights Authority and(…)
On November 9th the most recent volumes of the Irish Yearbook of International Law were launched in UCC. At the launch, James Kingston–Legal Advisor in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade–delivered the following remarks on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Éamon Gilmore. We are pleased to post them(…)
The media in Ireland and around the world is reacting today to the news that Savita Halappanavar died in a Galway hospital having reportedly been denied a termination she requested as she went through three days of irretrievable miscarriage. When she was admitted to hospital, it is reported, she was fully dilated and although there(…)
Since Saturday we have been bombarded with post-mortem analyses of the children referendum which, although comfortably passed over the weekend, had an extremely low turn-out among the electorate. Already Stephen Collins in the Irish Times, for example, has argued that the referendum is a lesson to the government not to engage in ‘unnecessary’ or ‘symbolic’(…)
On Friday November 9th, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Éamon Gilmore will launch Volumes IV-V of the Irish Yearbook of International Law followed by a short lecture on “Current Issues in International Law and Irish Foreign Policy” in the Aula Maxima, University College Cork. The launch commences at 10.30am and all are welcome.(…)
Today is a Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, which is being marked across Ireland by means of a number of public events and meetings and tomorrow by a ‘March for Choice’ in Dublin City Centre beginning at the Spire at 2pm (details here). Of course, the matter of safe(…)
