The dispute between Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan and criminal legal aid solicitors is set to deepen after a nationwide meeting during which solicitors agreed to continue a withdrawal of services under the new payment scheme. www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...
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Donncha O’Connell
Профиль VivelyLaw academic living in the west of Ireland. Interested in law, politics, history, theatre, music, books, art, people and dogs…not in that order.
Caoilte Breatnach: My brother was put in the cell beside me. ‘Prepare yourself for the worst,’ he said. My brother Osgur Breatnach secured a miscarriage of justice certificate in the Court of Appeal in Dublin 10 days ago. But justice still has not been done. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
IFUT Expresses Grave Concerns Over Refusal of Student Visas for Gazan Students www.ifut.ie/content/ifut...
IFUT Expresses Grave Concerns Over Refusal of Student Visas for Gazan Students | Irish Federation of University Teacherswww.ifut.ieState's failure to tackle human trafficking akin to accepting 'concreting over burial remains in Bessborough' - Professor Siobhán Mullally, UN Special Rapporteur www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
No sign of resolution in criminal legal aid row as strike by solicitors to continue www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
The High Court has ruled there was a fundamental denial of justice in the cases of a number of people who were refused bail while not legally represented in the District Court because of the current criminal legal aid dispute. www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...
Great article by Cathal Malone: Judicial reviews are a fundamental part of democracy — not a dig at the Government by greedy lawyers www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
This piece on Mayo by Colin Sheridan is just magnificent… www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Concern over study visa refusal rate for Gazan scholarship students due to commence studies in Ireland in September www.rte.ie/news/educati...
Sports writers are the best and Malachy Clerkin is one of the best of the best… www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...
Outrageous, wilfully ignorant, reckless and amoral to effectively disapply climate laws in this way… www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Colin Sheridan on following Mayo: I've no time for curses, cosmic injustice or romantic tales of noble failure www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
Former WHO chief Dr Mike Ryan warns of deepening climate-based migration. Challenges of war ‘will pale into insignificance’ compared to global warming impact. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...