Date of Event: 3rd October 2025
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
Registration:

CLOSED
General enquiries or difficulties with should be directed to DOYLER16 at tcd.ie or to ellaboua at tcd.ie.

 

Programme of Events

09:30 a.m. Registration & Coffee
   
10:15 a.m. Introduction by Professor Aileen Kavanagh, Reidín Doyle and Ahmed Ellaboudy
   
10:30 a.m.

Panel 1

Chair: Ahmed Ellaboudy

Tarik Gherbaoui (Asser Institute) - Excessive Judicial Deference as Rule of Law Backsliding: When National Security and Effective Rights Protection Collide Commentator: Prof Aileen Kavanagh

Liam Edwards (Ulster) - Article 8 and the Irish language: Catalyst or Constraint? Commentator: Prof Seán Ó Conaill

Sinead Mercier (UCD)- A new dawn for Ireland: Examining international energy law’s impact on the constitutional right to property. Commentator: Prof Rachael Walsh

   
12:00 p.m. Lunch Break
   
1:15 p.m.

Panel 2

Chair: Reidín Doyle

Candice Maharaj (UCD) - What’s in a name: the path to constitutionalising the right to a healthy environment. Commentator: TBC

Ursula Quill (TCD) – Constitutional Deliberation: connecting citizens and politicians in the referendum process. Commentator: Prof David Kenny

Arunmozhi Ramesh (TCD) - Constitutional Jurisprudence and Minority Protection—Strengthening the Rule of Law Framework in India Commentator: Dr Sahar Ahmed

   

2:45 p.m.

Tea/Coffee Break
   
3:00 p.m.

Constitutional Keynote – Prof Leah Trueblood (University of Surrey)

Referendums as Representative Democracy

Chair: Professor Aileen Kavanagh

   
4.30 p.m. Workshop closes

* We reserve the right to substitute and/or rearrange lecturers and/or lectures.

Reservations: CLOSED

General enquiries or difficulties with should be directed to DOYLER16 at tcd.ie or to ellaboua at tcd.ie.