All I Want For Christmas Is EU - Crotty's Case
It is an oddity of Irish politics that in 2001, when nearly 53% of voters opted to reject the EU's Nice Treaty, the Irish Government tried a 'second time lucky' approach, holding a second referendum o...
25 Nov 202022min
Wigs at War - The Judge Who Cried 'Woulfe'
A week on from Chief Justice Frank Clarke's publication of his correspondence with Seamus Woulfe, we discuss what has happened since and what might happen next. Also, could this saga lead to the refor...
19 Nov 202011min
The Robots Are Coming - Regulating AI
Artificial intelligence is revolutionising how we do business. With its countless opportunities, it also presents risks. To what extent will we be delegating our decision making to computers and robot...
18 Nov 202028min
Wigs at War - Trouble In The Supreme Court
The controversy trundles on over the attendance of Supreme Court Justice Seamus Woulfe's attendance at the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in August. Last Sunday, the Chief Justice Frank Clarke sent a ...
11 Nov 202033min
No Ifs, Just Butts - Suing Big Tobacco
Should somebody who has been a smoker for many decades be able to sue a tobacco company for their personal injuries? The case we discuss this week deals with this question. The tobacco company sought ...
4 Nov 202025min
Knock Knock - The Gardai and Search Warrants
If the Gardai break your constitutional rights by storming into your house, collect incriminating evidence with a search warrant which is faulty, defective or has the wrong address on it, should they ...
29 Okt 202026min
Senator David Norris - How I Sued The Government
In 1980s conservative Ireland, when the state was under the wrath of the Catholic Church, gay rights activist David Norris challenged a criminal law forbidding sodomy. His case failed in the High Cour...
21 Okt 202030min
Justice Fried Is Not Justice Denied - Egging and the Law
We discuss a tragic case in which a pedestrian lost their eye after having an egg thrown in her direction. The egg was thrown by the passenger of a car driven by a 17 year-old. But why did the injured...
14 Okt 202023min
