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Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman 1951-2016
Dr Conor O’Mahony and Dr Seán Ó Conaill Everyone at Constitution Project @ UCC was deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman, judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland. Mr Justice Hardiman was a highly accomplished … Continue reading
The Officer, the Master, the President and the Chief: Supreme Court Unhappy at Signing of Marriage Equality Bill
Dr Conor O’Mahony The recent unsuccessful legal challenge to the outcome of the marriage referendum threw up some interesting points of discussion, and not all of them related to the outlandish nature of the arguments made by the petitioners. From … Continue reading
Supreme Court Relaxes Exclusionary Rule – Latest Shift in a Finely Balanced Debate
Dr Conor O’Mahony Today, the Supreme Court ruled by a majority of 4-3 that evidence obtained in criminal cases in breach of constitutional principles need not automatically be excluded at trial. On one level, this is a radical shift from … Continue reading
The Demise of the One Judgment Rule
Dr Laura Cahillane Last Tuesday witnessed a historic occasion, when the new Court of Appeal was established. Media coverage has centred on the new judges appointed to that Court and on the reduction in the backlog of cases to the … Continue reading
Subsidiarity of ECHR and O’Keeffe v Ireland: A Response to Hardiman
Dr Conor O’Mahony Yesterday’s conference on Judges, Politics and the Irish Constitution, hosted by DCU School of Law and Government, was a superb event with a stellar array of speakers. It started with a bang at the first plenary session, … Continue reading