Thanks to @jdamh.bsky.social & @aoifemod.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion of secrets and revelation in international law, chaired by our own Christiane Ahlborn, and comments from @mikebecker.bsky.social, @pearceclancy.bsky.social @suryaroy.bsky.social & ors

Paperback is here and, to judge by its cover, it’s great! It can be yours for €37.50 including shipping if you want 2026 to be your year of law and literature!

Huge thanks to @lsolum.bsky.social for ‘highly recommending’ my paper on living constitutionalism now available on SSRN. That’s made my day! The paper is part of a new Research Handbook on Constitutional Interpretation out now with Edward Elgar.

10 days left to apply for the @tricondublin.bsky.social New Voices in International Law workshop! We already have some excellent looking submissions! Abstracts welcome from all early career researchers (broadly defined) based on the island of Ireland. Get in touch if you have any questions.

Congratulations to @tricondublin.bsky.social Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social on winning the Inner Temple (Main Author) Book Prize 2025, awarded triennially as a ‘major prize for outstanding authorship’.

Congrats to @tricondublin.bsky.social Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social whose paper ‘Keeping it Real in Constitutional Theory’ is ‘Download of the Week’ on the Legal Theory blog, and described by Prof @lsolum.bsky.social as a ‘deep and important paper’.

Many thanks to Prof Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy for an eye-opening paper on democratic backsliding in Hungary last night at @tricondublin.bsky.social, and to @benedettalobina.bsky.social & Beatrice Monciunskaite for incisive comments.

Looking forward to chairing this @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar tomorrow on direct democracy in Hungary with visiting speaker Prof Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy with commentators @benedettalobina.bsky.social & Prof Beatrice Monciunskaite.

Join us for a @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar on direct democracy in Hungary on Nov 5th at 5.30pm in TCD law School.

📢The 2026 ICON•S Annual Conference Call for Submissions is out! Join us in #Dublin from June 29 – July 1, 2026! Read the 🧵for details ⬇️

New publication by TriCON Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.socialcalled ‘Underuse of the Override’, now available on SSRN.

TODAY! All welcome

The programme is here! TriCON New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop features 6 brilliant ECRs tackling diverse research inquiries, with expert feedback from leading constitutional law academics - plus a keynote session by Prof. Leah Trueblood. @tricondublin.bsky.social

Join us for an ICON meets TriCON webinar on October 17th on the rationale and risks of referendums! Brilliant speakers, important topic. ICON GBIE @tricondublin.bsky.social

Congratulations to @tricondublin.bsky.social Director, Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social whose book The Collaborative Constitution has been shortlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize 2025.

Tomorrow Sept 16th 5.30pm @tcddublin.bsky.social: @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar with @hbirk.bsky.social on the rule of law in Germany.

New season of TriCON seminars begins with Prof Hannah Birkenkötter @hbirk.bsky.social speaking about her new co-authored book The Rule of Law in Germany, with Prof Niels Kirst commenting, chaired by Prof Christiane Ahlborn @tcddublin.bsky.social

@tricondublin.bsky.social New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop 3rd Oct. Great opportunity for ECRs across the island of Ireland to present and get focused feedback on their work in public/constitutional law. Abstracts due July 31st!

Submissions are open for the 'TriCON New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop'. An excellent opportunity for PhD candidates & ECRs in Ireland working on public/constitutional law to get expert feedback on their research. @tricondublin.bsky.social

The Collaborative Constitution by @tricondublin.bsky.social Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social is out now in paperback @cambup-law.cambridge.org

Many thanks to Prof Jonathan Morgan @cambridgelaw.bsky.social for his insightful review of my book The Collaborative Constitution in the latest issue of the Cambridge Law Journal @cambup-law.cambridge.org

Great seminar yesterday at @tricondublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social to mark the 10th anniversary of the Marriage Equality Referendum in Ireland. Special thanks to Katherine Zappone for her fascinating talk and conversation with Profs @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social & @dkennytcd.bsky.social

To mark the 10th anniversary of the marriage equality referendum, @tricondublin.bsky.social is hosting an ‘in conversation’ event with Katherine Zappone and comments from Profs @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social May 22nd 1.30pm @tlrhub.bsky.social. All welcome!

Looking forward to this ‘in conversation’ event tomorrow May 22nd with Katherine Zappone & @dkennytcd.bsky.social May 22nd, 1.30pm @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social All welcome

Great to partner with the Irish Jurisprudence Society for an excellent constitutional theory seminar with Prof Lawrence Sager @utexaslaw.bsky.social, with comments by @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social, chaired by @conorcrummey.bsky.social

Happening TODAY at 5pm: Prof Larry Sager @utexaslaw.bsky.social on Imperfect Duties and Constitutional Law, with comments from Profs @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social at @tricondublin.bsky.social All welcome!

It’s a @tricondublin.bsky.social double bill next week! Looking forward to this special event marking the 10th anniversary of the marriage equality referendum, in discussion with Katherine Zappone and Prof @dkennytcd.bsky.social.

Join us on May 22nd for a @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar marking the 10th Anniversary of the Marriage Equality Referendum in the @tlrhub.bsky.social. Key reflections by Katherine Zappone & comments by Profs @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social.

Join us on May 19th at 5pm for a seminar with guest speaker Prof Lawrence Sager, jointly hosted by @tricondublin.bsky.social & the Irish Jurisprudence Society. Comments from @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social, chaired by @conorcrummey.bsky.social

Huge congrats to Daniel Gilligan on passing his doctoral viva with no corrections at TCD Law School! Pictures here with his two proud supervisors - Prof Des Ryan and I - & the brilliant examiners @colmocinneide.bsky.social & Mr Justice Gerard Hogan of the Irish Supreme Court.

Huge thanks to Dr @ignaciogiuffre.bsky.social for this insightful review of The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org in the UTLJ. Great essay comparing deliberative and collaborative constitutionalism, available open access on SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Am co-organising a symposium on the Irish Political Constitution with @alangreene.bsky.social and @laurcah.bsky.social Call for papers is currently live. If you have any interesting ideas on the topic, or know anyone who does, please do submit an abstract.

Looking forward to this book symposium tomorrow at 4pm in @tcddublin.bsky.social with great discussants @conorcrummey.bsky.social, @marianavr.bsky.social & Daniel Gilligan, chaired by @donalcoffey.bsky.social supported by @maynoothlaw.bsky.social

Congratulations to @tricondublin.bsky.social member Dr Andrea Mulligan who became a Fellow of @tcddublin.bsky.social today.

On Weds April 30th, the Irish Jurisprudence Society will host a symposium about The Collaborative Constitution by Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social with comments by @conorcrummey.bsky.social, Dr Mariana Velasco-Rivera & Daniel Gilligan supported by @maynoothlaw.bsky.social

On May 1st, @tricondublin.bsky.social members Prof @dkennytcd.bsky.social and Dr Róisín Costello will speak at this legal humanities symposium on Antigone and Ireland at the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social

Great discussion about the links between crisis and constitutional social rights today at @tricondublin.bsky.social. Thanks to Dr @mariakotsoni.bsky.social for a terrific paper and Dr Hilary Hogan for insightful comments.

TODAY 2pm

Great to connect with friends, colleagues & PhD researchers at @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social for this seminar on research methods - the first of many ‘methods mixers and masterclasses’ across the Dublin area, we hope. Thanks to @benedettalobina.bsky.social & @profccostello.bsky.social for organising.

Great to welcome Dr Paulina Konca to @tricondublin.bsky.social for her talk on dynamic statutory interpretation in comparative perspective, using Ireland, Poland and Spain as case-studies.

Join us tomorrow March 26th at 1pm for a @tricondublin.bsky.social lunchtime seminar with Dr Paulina Konca, University of Silesia, Poland, who will talk about statutory interpretation in Ireland, Poland and Spain.

Hickey, "How to Interpret the Irish Constitution" (Irish Sup Ct Review, 2023) is now on SSRN. It gets a "recommended" from @lsolum, who says: "Fascinating discussion, with echoes of American debates over originalism and living constitutionalism." See lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/...

Looking forward to presenting my work on crises and social rights at @tricondublin.bsky.social!

Join us on March 31st for a @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar where Dr Maria Kotsoni @Princeton will talk about ‘Crises as Drivers of Change in Fundamental Social Rights in the EU’. Dr Hilary Hogan (TCD Law School) will be discussant & Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social will chair.

Looking forward to talking about The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.bsky.social at L’Institut Maurice Hauriou at the Université Toulouse Capitole this Friday March 21st. Thanks to Prof @mathieucarpentier.bsky.social for the invite!

Calling all PhDs in Dublin (and beyond)! On March 27, @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social will have the pleasure to welcome Professor @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social for a PhD mixer and methodology masterclass🎓 More info below👇

Great discussion last night on written and unwritten constitutionalism with Lord Sales (UKSC), Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell & Mr Justice Gerard Hogan (Irish Supreme Court) and Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social @tricondublin.bsky.social

Just us for this exciting event with Lord Sales of the UK Supreme Court tomorrow March 11th at 5pm in @tcddublin.bsky.social