Man should not have been carried while prone - inquest www.rte.ie/news/courts/...

Supreme Court to hear appeal potentially significant to wards of court awaiting discharge. Senior judges agree case raises issues of public importance and will make it priority hearing. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

New retirement age rights for employees come into effect. Article by Brian O'Donovan. #employmentlaw www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Justice in sight for gay men historically wronged www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

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Inspection reveals "high-risk" deficiencies at UHL psychiatric unit #mentalhealth www.live95fm.ie/news/live95-...

Central Mental Hospital among facilities criticised in latest commission reports www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/...

My work with Oisin Suttle of Maynoth University on the persuadability of LLMs as decision-makers in legal settings has been picked up by Irish Legal News. www.irishlegal.com/articles/stu...

Friedrich's Ataxia has been in the news a lot over the past week. @niamhnih.bsky.social wrote this piece about it for us in January. She, too, is waiting for Skyclarys. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Copyright implications of super-intelligence I haven't really written about machine consciousness, super-intelligence, or artificial general intelligence (AGI) before; I never felt the need, and some of the questions on AI consciousness are entirely outside of my area of expertise. I have always…

NHS England ECT statistics in the media #mentalhealth #ECT ectstatistics.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/n...

Great to see my #medieval #bees article on RTE Brainstorm! @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social

Capacity Act set ‘impossible’ deadlines – Barniville Gazette 26 May 2026 via Law Society of Ireland www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-...

Mental health centres in Cork found lacking. Article by Michael Olney, Cork Independent. www.corkindependent.com/2026/05/20/m...

Call for interim review of landmark mental health legislation after 2½ years. Article by Marie O'Halloran. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

TikTok EU-China data transfers should be allowed during appeal, Supreme Court confirms. #GDPR www.rte.ie/news/busines...

New law will undo hundreds of historic gay sex convictions. Article by Marie O'Halloran. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Development is the wrong lodestar for Africa’s AI policy by Samuel W Ugwumba Via @lseblogs.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Mentally ill woman’s advance healthcare directive opposed medication even if life at risk. High Court to give judgment later on whether directive is valid or applicable. Mary Carolan Irish Time, Wed Mar 25 2026 www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

HSE must find places for vulnerable patients after removal from UK hospital ordered www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Prison should not be a waiting room for mental health services. By @charlesomahony.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Last week marked Fair Dealing Week, the annual celebration of exceptions. But we rely on exceptions every day. My series drew from novelist Thea Lim to legal scholar Peter Yu. Particular attention was given to the seeming payout of$3000 per book used in AI training. fairduty.wordpress.com

Two UCC law students were recently awarded the RDJ Diversity & Inclusion Scholarships This is the 5th year RDJ has awarded the Scholarship at UCC which support students from ethnic minorities and those who are under-represented in the legal profession in Ireland. More: www.ucc.ie/en/law/news/...

Coimisiún na Meán will tell the Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence that tougher laws relating to AI-generated deepfake sexual imagery could be useful.

There is growing consensus that so-called 'conversion therapy' practices are harmful and must be banned. But which legal mechanisms should be used to do this? My article (with Stuart Goosey), Criminalising “Conversion Therapy”, published in the MLR, takes up this urgent question shorturl.at/AHkfb

In North Kerry CAMHS, children were far more likely to be medicated than receive talk therapy. Families have spoken out about children who attended services seeking help but as a shell of their former selves. #mentalhealth www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/...

For those who have been the subject of intimate image abuse – including children – criminal sanctions after the event are of little comfort. Restriction of access to these tools is urgently required. Clare Daly nudifies the rogue robots. #cybercrime #law www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/in-d...

Minister denies seclusion used as substitute for care. #mentalhealth www.rte.ie/news/health/...

Tipperary man with brain injury spent over two years locked in solitary at Central Mental Hospital. His mother said her heart is broken thinking of him 'walking around in that room with nothing only the four walls to look at'. www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...

The family of a psychiatric patient who died in Cloverhill Prison more than five years ago have called for the immediate release of a report into the circumstances of his death. #mentalhealth www.rte.ie/news/investi...

Five years in seclusion: Family speaks of 'dreadful' ordeal. #mentalhealth www.rte.ie/news/investi...

RTÉ Investigates rapid rise in waiting list for the Central Mental Hospital amid psychiatric care crisis in Ireland #mentalhealthlaw about.rte.ie/2026/02/09/r...

Surge in actively psychotic patients held in prisons, RTÉ finds #mentalhealthlaw www.rte.ie/news/investi...

A thesis about psychosurgery in the UK #mentalhealthlaw ectstatistics.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/a...

Hertz car-hire ordered to pay blind woman €10k over valet fee for guide-dog soiling. Workplace Relations Commission upholds complaint against company alleging disability discrimination. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

ICCL has written to the Seanad ahead of today's debate on the Mental Health Bill 2024. In partnership with Mental Health Reform, ICCL welcomes some of the proposed amendments -- but the Bill as currently drafted still fails to protect human rights in several key areas ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-wr...

The Law and Innovation Clinic @lawucc.bsky.social is accepting queries from startups for this semester. Copyright Law, GDPR, Electronic Commerce Law and domain name law. @UCC #dataprotection www.ucc.ie/en/law/socie...

We decided to ask the Department of Education why it is posting photos of children to the making sexual images from photos of children site. We haven't had an answer yet.

Is there an information gap here? Has the CEO of hotline.ie not read what the Grok app is doing? Or am I missing something? I'm genuinely confused. @conorgallagher.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

I write in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the laws that are broken when online AI platforms facilitate the production of child sex abuse material. No new laws are needed. Companies (and their executives) are accountable as well as users. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

‘Radical overhaul’ called for following mistreatment findings at Bloomfield Hospital. Minister of State for Mental Health said ‘it’s simply unacceptable that there would be issues over incontinence wear’. www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

TCD Law School - Murder on the High Seas? Join us 13 Jan 2026 to examine the legality of deadly attacks at sea under international & US law. Speakers: Rick Lorenz & Michael A. Becker www.tcd.ie/ahss/news-an...

TCD Law School - Civil Legal Aid: From Review to Reform. Join FLAC’s day-long conference on access to justice at Trinity College Dublin, 12 Jan 2026. www.tcd.ie/ahss/news-an...

New Central Mental Hospital still grappling with problems three years after it opened www.independent.ie/irish-news/n...

UK Government replies to parliamentary question on ECT with inaccurate statistics #mentalhealth ectstatistics.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/u...

Returning officer discriminated against Portuguese national over ballot paper denial #EqualStatusAct #WRC www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/retu...

Chat GPT v Justice: Ireland fights back. England, please copy. #employmentlaw #WRC #AI loupedin.blog/2025/12/chat...

Firefighter who accused senior officer of ‘snide remarks’ about his weight wins €15,000. Workplace Relations Commission heard allegations of the removal of kit from part-time retained firefighter Cian Donohoe. Article by @anburcach.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

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National Conference - The Disability Act at 20: Reflecting and Reforming, Wednesday the 3rd of December from 9.30 - 4.00pm in the University of Galway Keynote speaker • Professor Anna Lawson, School of Law, University of Leeds. www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub...