My letter to Minister Lawless about Research Ireland's decision to devolve the awarding of doctoral scholarships & postdoctoral fellowships to universities. A disastrous move. Please consider raising this issue in your own institutions and with elected representatives and the media.

Call for Interview Participants! My @researchireland.ie study exploring women’s experiences of online harassment and abuse in Irish academia is seeking insights from those impacted to help increase awareness and support. To share your story please email: gboastudy@universityofgalway.ie

Looking forward to this event on 11th June - hope to see some of you there! Registration link to follow soon, I understand.

'It was only when the abuse occurred at scale on the ‘main street’ of the internet that the urgent need to address it became clear.' Me in the Irish Examiner on the need for proactive regulation of AI and online abuse. @deshocks.bsky.social @nwc.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Mary McGill: Laws on AI sexual abuse images are too late for many victims

Regulations are coming too late for the many people already harmed by AI sexual abuse technology, but a proactive approach could prevent future damage, writes Mary McGill

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2 year research postdoc at UCL @laws.ucl.ac.uk on data and democracy, public law focus — could focus on surveillance and/or AI issues www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Dr @ronanmkennedy.bsky.social & Dr Jorge Balmaceda recently attended an international seminar on AI Ethics in Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. They discussed the regulatory framework and the ethical implications of using AI in law and judicial practice. derecho.uc.cl/es/noticias/...

We have another online seminar coming up, this one for June 11, discussing whether libra.law can use AI to better connect individuals to appropriate legal assistance. The speakers are Paul Massey of Libra.law and Paul McKeown of Northumbria University. Sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/enhancing-...

Our next seminar is on "Responsible Use of Agentic AI in Justice Systems" with John Keers BL and Dr John McCord of @ulsteruni.bsky.social - Thurs 21 May, sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/responsibl...

Interested in researching AI and judicial decision making? @brianbarryirl.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin has two funded PhD vacancies (one in law, one in social sciences).

The European Data Protection Board has published a case digest (by myself) on decisions made under the one-stop-shop system which consider legitimate interest as a legal basis. www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...

Professor Áine Ryall has been re-elected unanimously as Chair of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee. The Convention is a multilateral agreement linking the environment and human rights. She was elected Chair in 2021 and re-elected to serve a second term as Chair in Feb 2026.

🌱 Green Careers Series | Ep 8 Meet Diarmuid Torney, Director of DCU Institute for Climate & Society and DCU lead for the Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water. From politics & economics to fair transitions, he explains why inclusive decision-making matters. Watch here: buff.ly/IVO4hkP

Diarmuid Tourney | Green Careers

Meet Diarmuid Tourney, Director of the Institute for Climate and Society at Dublin City University and DCU lead for the Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water. Diarmuid talks about his…

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Friends and colleagues in Irish academia! The wonderful Dr Mary McGill has asked me to circulate her @researchireland.ie - funded survey on Exploring experiences of gender-based online abuse among female academics in Ireland - please do share! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

The AI4People Summit 2025 starts tomorrow - see details at ai4people.org/advancing-et... and sign up at ai4people.org/ai4people-su...

AI4PEOPLE SUMMIT 2025: Advancing Ethical AI Governance Summit - AI4People

Following the publication of the report "Towards an Ethics by Design Approach for AI", the AI4People Institute has launched the initiative to develop (...)

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“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

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

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

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

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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.

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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)

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!

#LegalTech #Ireland 2025 finally underway, with Ms Justice Nuala Jackson’s keynote

Last chance to register for #LegalTech #Ireland 2025 which takes place on Monday - www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub...

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

#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!

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

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...

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...

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...

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...