Data Protection Bill Published by Government
The Government has published the Data Protection Bill 2018 which will sign into the law the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR, which will enter into force…
The Politics & Law Behind PESCO
Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) is the way in which EU Member States will work closer together on security and defence issues. It will build on the EU Global Strategy for…
Chief Justice Frank Clarke Discusses Court Reform
In a seminar hosted in NUI Galway on 17th January, Chief Justice Frank Clarke addressed the topic of reforming the court system. In the speech, Chief Justice Clarke remarked that…
Stand and Deliver: The Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2011
The castle doctrine is an idea within law that every person has a right to defend their home from any sort of attack, without fear of any legal intrusion. This…
The Contempt of Court Bill 2017: Part Two
The last issue of the College Tribune looked at some of the basic elements of the Contempt of Court Bill 2017, including its origins, the statutory definitions of criminal and…
The Contempt of Court Bill, Part One
If you have been reading the papers, either in print or online, over the past few days, you may have come across articles about a Social Media Bill going before…
Matheson to Host Ireland’s First Law-Based Hackathon
Matheson law firm is set to host Ireland’s first ever legal hackathon next month. Organised in partnership with Deloitte, IBM, and the Ryan Academy in Dublin City University (DCU), the…
UCD Smurfit School’s MBA Rises in Rankings
The UCD Smurfit School has again received a boost in a set of global university rankings. This time, its Executive MBA programme is up 15 places to 74th in the…
UK Government Spent £370,000 on Two Air Pollution Cases
The UK Government racked up legal bills of £370,000 defending two challenges to the country’s national air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide. The Guardian revealed the Department for Environment, Food…
Impeachment: How Does It Work?
Impeachment law has recently gained new prominence in the public eye. In the United States, Donald’s Trump’s opponents call for him to be removed from the Presidential office. In the…
Does the Global Pact Offer Hope?
A two-day convention held in Paris at the end of June 2017 saw the launch of the preliminary draft of the ‘Global Pact for the Environment’ (the ‘Global Pact’). The…
An Intern’s Experience of the Society of Legal Scholars Conference
Daniel Forde recounts his working experience at the recent Legal Scholars’ Conference. The Society of Legal Scholars Conference took place in the Sutherland School of Law over the 5th-8th of…