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Early Career Researchers Workshop in Forced Migration Law workshop hosted by School of Law and Criminology.
On 10th of January the School of Law and Criminology hosted an event Early Career Researchers Workshop in Forced Migration Law workshop funded by the Society of Legal Scholars and coordinated by Chunyan Chon, Victoria Oluwatobi Isa Daniel, Brid Ni Ghrainne and Cliodhna Murphy
Date: Monday, 27 January 2025
End of an era for the BA Local Studies/BA Community Studies
BA Local Studies/BA Community Studies (MH803) Retired
Date: Friday, 24 January 2025
Status Red alert - MU to close on Friday, 24 Jan
Maynooth University Campus will be closed on Friday, 24 January due to a Status Red wind warning for the entire country.
Date: Thursday, 23 January 2025
Dr Kevin Wozniak has co-authored a piece in American Journal of Criminal Justice
Dr. Kevin Wozniak (Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology), Prof. Justin Pickett (University at Albany), and Dr. Elizabeth Brown (University of Massachusetts Boston) published a new paper in the American Journal of Criminal Justice.
Date: Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Welcome to Lauren Kane who recently joined the PatentsInHumans team as a Research Assistant
We are delighted to welcome Lauren Kane to PatentsInHumans project who joined the project team as a research assistant in December 2024!
Date: Friday, 17 January 2025
Seth Barrett Tillman was interviewed by Salon magazine
Tillman opined on the rules of the U.S. Senate and how they may or may not constrain Trump's agenda and the new Republican Senate majority.
Date: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Prof Michael Doherty has been appointed by the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment (DETE) as Chairperson of the new Employment Law Review Group (ELRG)
The ELRG’s function will be to monitor, review, and advise on all aspects of employment and redundancy law, with a specific focus on promoting good workplace relations in the State, simplifying the operation of employment and redundancy law in the State, and ensuring that the State’s suite of employment rights and redundancy legislation remains relevant and fit for purpose and is updated to reflect international developments.
Date: Monday, 13 January 2025
Opening meeting of new research EU Erasmus + SEED project for Capacity Building in Higher Education for Sustainable Community-based Enterprise Development led by Maynooth University
Maynooth University at the opening meeting of new research EU Erasmus + project for Capacity Building in Higher Education for Sustainable Community-based Enterprise Development with partners in Malawi, Zambia, Italy & Belgium
Date: Friday, 10 January 2025
Dr Brian Flanagan appears on RTE news to discuss the Ryanair case
Speaking on RTE news Dr Brian Flanagan said, "I think if it is successful you will have a lot of people in the industry being quite satisfied and you might also have potential passengers being satisfied that there is this avenue of recourse."
Date: Friday, 10 January 2025
Seth Barrett Tillman’s forthcoming article in the Irish Law Times discussed in Irish Legal News
Seth Barrett Tillman’s forthcoming article in the Irish Law Times was discussed in the legal practitioners’ blog and news portal: Irish Legal News. Tillman co-authored the article with a former Maynooth University law student: Daniel Epstein-O’Dowd.
Date: Wednesday, 08 January 2025