Breaking Terror charges against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh THROWN OUT

"Hey Maria, Michael McDowell here. just seeing I've a few missed calls from you. What's up?"

It is 20 years since Conor Gearty gave the Hamlyn Lectures on Can Human Rights Survive? As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here: lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5

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Seeing as so many people are making claims about the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the ECHR, here's a short but comprehensive explainer from people who have been thinking, writing and talking about this for longer than most 😊

Irish 'patriots' present for Tommy Robinson's "Unite the Kingdom" rally in London. It takes all sorts (in this case, racist idiots)

New tensions in Hungary’s judiciary 🇭🇺: After intervening in the referral phase of Art. 267 TFEU, the Hungarian Supreme Court now seeks to influence how lower courts apply CJEU rulings. ANNA MADARASI and TAMÁS KENDE on what's at stake. verfassungsblog.de/hungary-prel...

There has been a lot of ink spilled about the substance of the Policy Exchange paper today. I just want to write a brief thread here on a point that I haven't seen mentioned today and what I think is likely to be a key target of the paper: the upcoming Supreme Court appeal in Dillon (UKSC/2025/0013)

Gary Gannon TD has taken a High Court action against the Central Bank approving Israel's bond prospectus. If you're interested in hearing the legal basis for this challenge, I will be outlining it as part of a Zoom webinar at 7pm today. You can register for it here. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The German Federal Constitutional Court has been asked to rule on whether the German constitution contradicts a CJEU judgment on religious discrimination. Analysis by Jonas Seibold - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/holy...

Strong Reichsbürger vibes coming from this group.

Call for Proposals A book series 'New Advances in Crime and Social Harm' co-edited by Prof Claire Hamilton welcomes submissions Proposals from up-and-coming scholars seeking to extend the criminological gaze through a harms-based perspective are particularly welcome

This little parable is a nice illustration of why it is important for mainstream parties to set and uphold clear, bright line anti-prejudice norms, and of why the failure of senior Conservatives to do so risks doing great harm to their party

We are hiring a 12 month Research Assistant position for our EU Horizon project Sustainable Wellbeing through Investment in Social Services (SWINS). Closing date is September 19th. eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Looking like Heather Humphreys is so popular with the Fine Gael parliamentary party that, if there were to be a full ballot, she would be unassailable - and that Sean Kelly may have a battle on his hands even to get the 20 signatures needed for a contest. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bund... Der #CDUCSU gelingt eine einzigartige Beschädigung des #BVerfG und einer geschätzten Kollegin. Am rechten Rand der Republik knallen die Sektkorken. Wir gehen unruhigen Zeiten entgegen.

I am on Deutsche Bahn and the train appears to be a minute early!

EU Commission proposes partial suspension of Israel association with EU research programme Horizon ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

The tabloid press is on the case already... It's going to be a long few years for EU-ECHR aficionados. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

EU Commission to ask CJEU to rule on whether the latest attempt to draft a treaty for EU accession to the ECHR is compatible with EU law

A graph that sums up an issue that is having an impact on all policy areas in Ireland - housing. The % of homeowners in the Irish 25-34 age group has dropped by over 40% since the 1990s. If the govt don’t sort this out we’ll all pay the price. on.ft.com/4kVfBNS

Associate Prof at The School of Law and Criminology, Dr John Reynolds was invited to give expert evidence to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade See: tinyurl.com/3cvzzfwb @seanmacr.bsky.social

All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.

The call for papers for the 45th Rechtshistorikertag in Vienna 2026 is now live: rht2026.univie.ac.at

🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency. They are out of energy and they are starving to death. I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it. 🧵

How wide is the margin of appreciation that states have when setting national carbon budgets under the ECtHR’s KlimaSeniorinnen judgment? 🌍📉 @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social and @orlakelleher.bsky.social explain why the margin is narrower than argued on this blog. verfassungsblog.de/quantifying-...

Irish politics remains impenetrable to outsiders because the most left wing grouping oppose a property tax, while those on the right approve of it.

Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf und die Verfassung der Deutschen - Eine Rekonstruktion. Am 25. Juni um 18:42 verändert der Jurist Ekkehart Reimer laut „t-online“ gezielt den Wikipedia-Eintrag von Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf und fügt eine Passage zum Thema „Schwangerschaftsabbruch“ hinzu.

Where are the hurling and football strongholds in Ireland? Analysis of the geographical spread of Gaelic games by @germac.bsky.social Amelia Carroll & Hannah Shen @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

I have an opinion piece in today’s Irish Times on restrictions to freeeom of speech arising from changes to the US student visa application process…and related matters to do with Trump, his supporters and enablers… www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

I don't know what to say. Honestly, I don't. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Congratulations, Mariana. A fantastic achievement.

Irish Unity: For? Against? Both. Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride explore both sides of the Irish unity debate with intellectual depth and balance. 📆 Out 20th October 📚Preorder now bit.ly/4ei6x3I 🎤 National Concert Hall & Lyric Theatre Belfast to come @fotoole.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social

Good choice!

The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly has elected Hugh Mercer as the UK’s next judge at the European Court of Human Rights👇 🔗 pace.coe.int/en/news/9943... #Democracy #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #ECHR @coe.int @pace.coe.int @echr.coe.int

I’m doing a show at the Edinburgh Fringe this year! Tickets here: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

"Practice & Procedure before the CJEU" -An Irish Centre for European Law Event www.icel.ie/event/icel-m... -practical insights into the workings of the CJEU -Appearingin the CJEU/Briefing Counsel -Advising clients on trajectory of EU proceedings -adopting a strategic approach to EU litigation

Applications open for Downing Professorship of the Laws of England @cambridgelaw.bsky.social https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51789/

This piece is well-meant, but includes the unfortunate statement that “most of the people attacking immigrants and the police were Protestants whose own families emigrated to Ireland generations before” … www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Now published on @publiclaw.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/publ...

First time I've ever had two submissions come out in one edition of any journal, let alone @publiclaw.bsky.social. To dilute the purity of this bragging post a little, thanks to @anuragdeb.bsky.social and Mary Dobbs for putting up with me as co-author!

Why is my landlord offering me a licence and not a tenancy agreement? There are important distinctions in law between those who occupy a premises under a tenancy or under a licence, writes Una Woods @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Come join us at @royalholloway.bsky.social as a lecturer in law (maternity cover) - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNL329/l...

Public Law has entered the chat.

Was nice to catch up with colleagues at the Essex human rights research away day today and to hear about the exciting human rights work being conducted. I presented part of my book exploring the social dimensions of the freedom to conduct a business as a fundamental right in EU law.

Das @humanrights-fau.bsky.social kann noch ein paar #Follower gebrauchen. Wer interessiert sich für #Menschenrechte an der @fau.de, in #Nürnberg und #Erlangen, Deutschland und in der Welt? @ecchr.bsky.social @dimr.bsky.social @nurembergacademy.bsky.social

If you were involved in any way in the Repeal campaign and would be interested in speaking with a US-based researcher who wants to understand the referendum--not just the simple narrative but inclusion/exclusion, pragmatism, pain, joy etc--please drop me a line here. All involvement is relevant.

“…the State of Israel is under an obligation to cease immediately all new settlement activities, and to evacuate all settlers from the Occupied Palestinian Territory” International Court of Justice, Advisory Opinion, 19 July 2024

Sign up for the 16th North South Criminology Conference (and email [email protected] to sign up for the PhD Day on Day 1 of the conference): northsouthcriminology.ie/schedule/