Post-Brexit Immigration Policy to cause Northern Irish Labour Crash
The United Kingdom has finally left the EU and with this, a new points-based immigration system is welcomed. This means that noncitizens’ eligibility to work in the UK will be…
What Exactly is the COVID-19 Emergency Legislation?
“Unprecedented actions to respond to an unprecedented emergency,” exclaims Taoiseach Varadkar in announcing the government’s next steps to combat the further spread of Covid-19. As of Thursday the 30th of…
Illegal Adoption Brought Before High Court
On the 31st of January this year, Mr Patrick FitzSymons became the first person to initiate legal proceedings against the state for its ambivalence to the practice of illegal adoptions…
Artificial Intelligence: Too Smart for the Law?
Gone are the days when artificial intelligence was simply viewed as self-driving cars and talking robots. The Cambridge Analytica scandal, where personal data was improperly collected for political advertising, alerted…
European Court of Justice To Hear First Case Through Irish
The Court of Justice of the European Union (the ECJ) will, for the first time ever, hear a case brought before it in the Irish language. The case is being…
State Fined €5M Over Galway Wind Farm
After over a decade of legal action, the European Court of Justice has imposed a penalty of €5 million on State for infringing Directive 85/337 in not carrying out an…
Sex Work Laws in Europe: More Liberal Than You’d Think
The debate concerning the legitimacy of sex work is often shrouded in controversy, yet this has not stopped the introduction of legislation to address the matter, particularly where victims of…
Rampant Misuse of Corporate ‘Gagging’
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, after the accusation of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein by over 70 women, the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA) has been a growing…
Budget 2020: “In the Shadow of Brexit.”
In his opening remarks, Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe said that budget 2020 was ‘developed in the shadow of Brexit.’ The budget he went on to deliver had very few…
Abortion Rights: Is the North Next?
For the last few decades, Irish people have been familiarised with the image of a woman making the lonely journey across the Irish sea in an effort to seek medical…
Teanga Náisiúnta, Teanga Oifigiúil, Teanga Labhartha
Agus feachtas nua, Gaeilge4All, faoi lán seoil, le breis is 11,500 síniú ag a achainí ar líne, is fíor a rá go bhfuil an Ghaeilge go mór i mbéal an…
In Wake of a Failed Climate Case Ireland: Protesters Stand United
On Friday, 20th of September 2019, over 10,000 people took to the streets of Ireland to join a global protest calling for climate justice. The words of 16-year-old activist Greta…