Prof Colin Harvey, QUB: United Ireland debate is increasingly loud – preparation cannot be deferred forever. Guarantees are required, and a firm idea of what will be voted on. Enough is known to commence deliberations on timing..: https://t.co/MitvbI1GOI
Thank you to @UCDLawSociety for organising a really excellent debate tonight in Dublin.
Well done to everyone involved 💚
Very pleased to be on the winning team:
A united Ireland is worth it.
Extraordinary that a piece like this could be written without even once mentioning the European Court of Human Rights decision of core relevance:
A redress scheme for school abuse survivors could become a ‘barrister-fattening exercise’ – The Irish Times https://t.co/LxBSxFzlf9
Such sad news. I worked with Aodhán for many years. My deepest sympathies to his wife Janet, his family and his many friends. RIP ‘Trusted and admired’ court reporter Aodhan O’Faolain dies aged 50
https://t.co/V4HsIKkh5l
Ireland's FF justice minister, Jim O'Callaghan, produced one of the best discussion papers on a united Ireland in recent years, in 2021, and gave it a high profile launch.
But it didn't seem to do him or the subject any good.
https://t.co/pTqn1VjNz7
Here’s a recording of the public interview that I did at the end of July with Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC in @uniofgalway for the First Thought Talks series curated for @GalwayIntArts by Catriona Crowe:
My interview with Irish lawyer Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh who presented South Africa's genocide case against Israel: ‘Irish identity was central to my London upbringing’
https://t.co/UJF7kDTiNK
Interesting judgment - refusal to renew Bangladeshi man’s taxi driver licence quashed over breach of personal data rights. Licence must be renewed, judge directs.
https://t.co/3wFtNWNEg9
Tonight was the last edition of the “proper” @BBCNewsnight. Owing to cuts, it will be back only in hollowed-out form.
It was the best news show on the BBC, specializing in a probing journalism that’s badly needed.
Also, I went on once or twice, looming ominously behind @maitlis