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Rónán Kennedy
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Academic at University of Galway, mostly researching lawtech, environmental regulation, and the judiciary
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unioflimerick.bsky.social
“Bhí sé soiléir san fheachtas seo go bhfuil daoine ag tabhairt aire ar chúrsaí teanga”

Sa Irish Times, míníonn an tOllamh Laura Cahillane, ó Scoil Dlí Ollscoil Luimnigh, an ról a bhí ag an nGaolainn i dtoghchán Catherine Connolly go dtí an Áras

www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/scea...
@ulsol.bsky.social
President-elect of Ireland Catherine Connolly. She is standing at a podium with microphones. The wooden podium says 'Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath. Dublin Castle'. She has short grey hair. She is dressed in a navy top and blazer with a silver necklace.
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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mariamurphy.bsky.social
New article out with Katie Nolan (@katieanolan.bsky.social) and Orla Lynskey in the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies: 'Digital Empire or Digital Fiefdoms? Institutional Tensions and the EU Right to Data Protection'.
Open access at: doi.org/10.1017/cel....

@cambup-law.cambridge.org
Abstract: The EU has been represented as a singular ‘Digital Empire’ speaking with one voice on matters of EU digital regulation. Closer examination of discrete areas of EU digital regulation reveals a more nuanced picture suggesting clear institutional divergence between the EU institutions regarding the substantive protection afforded by EU law. A detailed analysis of EU data protection adequacy decisions brings to the surface intra-EU tensions concerning the substance of core EU fundamental rights. This analysis reveals that the EU Commission has taken on a more prominent role in adequacy decision-making since the entry into force of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation at the expense of other relevant stakeholders. Furthermore, the Commission’s decisional practice does not align fully with the stance of the Court of Justice on the right to data protection. New sites of intra-EU human rights tensions are therefore uncovered with consequences for the legitimacy of the EU as a digital regulator and the role of the Commission as a guardian of the treaties.Keywords: digital regulation; fundamental rights; data protection; institutional balance; judicial review; data adequacy; EU Commission
September 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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vizlegal.bsky.social
We’re launching a new series on curious legal cases in Ireland.

The use of Irish in court remains rare. In the 2019 Ó Cadhla case, the High Court ruled the State must make “reasonable efforts” to assign a bilingual judge when requested.

Read more (in Irish): viz.legal/an37kaJQ

#LegalTech
August 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Looking forward to the launch of David Cowan's new book on law and technology at the @ials.bsky.social next month - sign up at ials.sas.ac.uk/events/law-a...
Law and Technology book launch with Dr David Cowan
ials.sas.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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irishlegal.com
Dr Orla Kelleher of Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology calls on Ireland to show greater leadership and ambition on climate action. @maynoothlaw.bsky.social‬ @orlakelleher.bsky.social‬
Opinion: Ambitious emission reduction targets and carbon budgets for 2040 crucial for intergenerational climate justice
Dr Orla Kelleher of Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology calls on Ireland to show greater leadership and ambition on climate action.
www.irishlegal.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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audreyfried.bsky.social
I presented @futureoflawassoc.bsky.social on AI & the Future of #LegalEd abt building crucial #problemsetting skills through writing, along w Jonny Hall & @csimmonds.bsky.social (#Problembasedlearning & AI), Brian Tang (Authentic Team #Projectbasedlearning) & Samuel Dahan (No-code Legal AI Creation)
International Future of Law Association Conference 2025 | Future of Law Association
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July 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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laurcah.bsky.social
FAO any scholars interested in judicial studies - I am hoping to establish an Irish Judicial Studies Network to develop this area of legal studies in Ireland and to create opportunities for research collaboration. If interested - or if you know anyone who might be interested - please let me know!
April 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#LegalTech #Ireland 2025 finally underway, with Ms Justice Nuala Jackson’s keynote
Ms Justice Jackson giving her keynote speech at Legal Tech Ireland 2025.
April 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Last chance to register for #LegalTech #Ireland 2025 which takes place on Monday - www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub...
Legal Tech Ireland Conference 2025 - University of Galway
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April 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We're just a week away from #LegalTech #Ireland 2025 - check out the schedule at www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub... and register for either in-person or online attendance
Legal Tech Ireland Conference 2025 - University of Galway
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March 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#LegalTech #Ireland is coming up on 7 April - the schedule is now available at www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub... and there is still time to register!
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March 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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joshfairfield.bsky.social
When AI eats its own tail, it damages the environment. My new piece, Clean Data: Recursion as Pollution in Environmental AI (scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlufac/881/) is out from Oxford University Press, with great editors @joshgellers.bsky.social and @spillteori.bsky.social. #OUP #AIethics #newoil
Clean Data: Recursion as Pollution in Environmental AI
If “data is the new oil,” then corruption in the data used to train artificial intelligence (AI) constitutes a new form of pollution. Environmental AI has traditionally been discussed in terms of its ...
scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu
March 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Registration is now open for Legal Tech Ireland 2025, co-organised with @letsopenculture.bsky.social and Alison Hough of TUS Midlands and taking place in @uniofgalway.bsky.social on Monday 7 April - sign up at www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub...
Legal Tech Ireland Conference 2025 - University of Galway
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March 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Today is the last day to submit a paper for the #LegalTech #Ireland conference in @universityofgalway.bsky.social - for details, see www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub...
News - University of Galway
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March 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We have just extended the deadline for the "Legal Tech Ireland: Impacts, Policies and Pathways" conference, which takes place on 7 April. Abstracts due by 18 March, by email to me. Details at www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub...
News - University of Galway
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March 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A reminder that the closing date for paper submissions for Legal Tech Ireland is Monday 10th - email me your abstracts! More details at www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub...
March 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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property-injustice.bsky.social
Check out Sinéad Mercier's brilliant chapter on the 'placelessness' of energy law in Ireland!
sineadmercier.bsky.social Sinéad Mercier @sineadmercier.bsky.social · Mar 5
Over the 🌔 to have the first part of my PhD research out published by @maxplancklaw.bsky.social alongside wonderful colleagues @property-injustice.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social - examining the development of Irish #energylaw from the 1600s to Ardnacrusha. www.lhlt.mpg.de/4594726/GPLH...
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March 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The deadline for paper submissions for #LegalTech #Ireland 2025 is coming up fast. Abstracts are due by the 10th. More details at www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub...
March 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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madianou.bsky.social
My new book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' is now available in the US and globally with @politybooks.bsky.social The book charts how digital and AI interventions in humanitarian settings harm some of the world's most marginalized people www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
January 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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infolawcentre.bsky.social
Join us for a timely in-person seminar 'Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI'.

Speakers: Prof. Woodrow Hartzog, Prof. Barry C Smith, Dr. Anna-Maria Sichani
🗓️19 February 2025, 5:30pm-7:00pm, in-person at IALS

Book your place now!👇
ials.sas.ac.uk/events/trans...
Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI
ials.sas.ac.uk
January 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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swimsure.bsky.social
Webinar 12-1pm today (Jan 23rd)
"Ireland’s scientific and legal responsibilities on climate change."
Speakers:
Prof. Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Dr. Andrew Jackson, UCD
Oisín Coghlan, Friends of the Earth
Rose Wall, CLM.
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Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CEJ Webinar: Ireland’s Climate Justice Obligations - Outlining Ireland’s Legal, Scientific, and Policy priorities ahead of a new government.. After register...
Join Community Law and Mediation to learn about Ireland’s scientific and legal responsibilities on climate change, upcoming climate cases, and what the next Government must do to close the emissions g...
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January 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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gavinsblog.bsky.social
We've migrated our company account away from Twitter. If you are in the legal world on here a follow would be most appreciated: 🙏

@vizlegal.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
Looking forward to speaking about Ireland’s Climate Justice Obligations this Thursday from 12-1pm (free webinar) alongside @kevinclimate.bsky.social @oisinc.bsky.social & Rose Wall of Community Law & Mediation. Registration here us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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tjmcintyre.com
The Cambridge Handbook of Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations is now online and shortly in print, with a chapter on the Irish situation by @mariamurphy.bsky.social and myself.

If you don't have access and would like a preprint of the Irish chapter then drop me a line at [email protected].
The Cambridge Handbook of Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations
Cambridge Core - Criminal Law - The Cambridge Handbook of Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations
www.cambridge.org
January 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
If you are interested in the cross-disciplinary challenges of "Law as Data, Data as Law", have a look at the new symposium in Law, Technology and Humans co-edited by myself and Dr Brian Barry of Trinity College Dublin: tinyurl.com/lthj140
December 13, 2024 at 8:06 AM