Biography
I hold degrees from Trinity College Dublin and the University of Oxford, and was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford until 2024. My PhD research on employment law and human rights was funded by the Irish Research Council, and I have conducted policy research projects funded by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) and FÓRSA trade union. My research has been published in the Modern Law Review, the Industrial Law Journal and the European Labour Law Journal, and has been cited in the Oireachtas.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
- Christopher McMahon and Alan Eustace, Nothing to Lose but Their Restraints of Trade: Lessons for Employment Non-Compete Clauses from EU Competition Law, Industrial Law Journal, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
- Ireland in, editor(s)Luca Ratti, Elisabeth Brameshuber and Vincenzo Pietrogiovanni , The EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages: Context, Commentary and Trajectories, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2024, pp475 - 489, [Mark Bell and Alan Eustace]Book Chapter, 2024, TARA - Full Text
- Alan Eustace, The European Union's Forced Labour Regulation: Putting the `Brussels Effect' to work for international labour standards, European Labour Law Journal, 15, (1), 2023, p144-Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
- Alan Eustace, The Electrical Contractors Case: Irish Supreme Court Illuminates Collective Bargaining and Delegated Legislation, Modern Law Review, 85, (4), 2022, p1029-Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Alan Eustace, A shock to the system: sectoral bargaining under threat in Ireland, European Labour Law Journal, 12, (2), 2021, p211-Journal Article, 2021, DOI
- Alan Eustace, All Work and No Fair Play? The Right to Fair Procedures in Employment Disciplinary Proceedings, Dublin University Law Journal, 43, (2), 2023Journal Article, 2023, URL , TARA - Full Text
- Alan Eustace, Dancing at the crossroads: Lessons from Ireland on collective labour law reform, Industrial Relations Journal, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
- Alan Eustace, Bring your whole self into work, keep your whole self out, European Labour Law Journal, 16, (1), 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
- Alan Eustace, With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends? HA O'Neil v Unite the Union, Irish Supreme Court Review, 7, 2025, p37-Journal Article, 2025
- Alan Eustace, Still Bubbling Away: Ireland Fails to Resolve Coca-Cola Trade Union Recognition Dispute under oecd Guidelines, International Labor Rights Case Law, 11, (1), 2025, p40 - 45, p40-45Journal Article, 2025, DOI
- Alan Eustace and Philip Gavin, Taking a LEEF out of Company Law's Book: Lessons from Ireland for an Employer Duty of 'Good Faith' in Collective Bargaining, Dublin University Law Journal, 45, (1), 2025, p25-Journal Article, 2025
- David Cabrelli and Alan Eustace, Restrict Non-Competes for Productivity and Prosperity, UK Day One, August, 2024Report, URL
- Alan Eustace and Philip Gavin, Taking a LEEF out of Company Law's Book: Lessons for an Employer Duty of 'Good Faith' in Collective Bargaining, Society of Legal Scholars, Bristol, UK, Sept 2024, 2024Conference Paper
- Alan Eustace, Jaundiced and Jaundiced about Judicial Bias: Kelly v UCD, Irish Supreme Court Review, Trinity College Dublin, 18 Oct 2025, 2025Conference Paper
Research Expertise
Labour / employment law Industrial relations Human rights law and theory Constitutional law and theory
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion, Other social sciences, Law and legal studies,
Recognition
- DPhil (Oxon) by incorporation 2023
- Foundation Scholarship, Trinity College Dublin 2016
- Young Scholar award, ISLSSL 2023
- Gold Medal, Trinity College Dublin 2018
- Law Faculty Prize, University of Oxford 2019
- Julian Prize, Trinity College Dublin 2018
- Francis E Moran PhD Scholarship, Trinity College Dublin 2019
- Henry Hamilton Hunter Memorial Prize 2018
- Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, Irish Research Council 2021
- Irish Association for Industrial Relations present
- Employment Law Association of Ireland present
- Society of Legal Scholars present
- Subject convenor for employment / labour law Sept 2024 - present