Saoirse Enright

I’m struck by how the scramble for an All-Ireland ticket mirrors my academic research. It feels very much like the myth of meritocracy, largely about who you know. Systems that seem fair often hide deeply embedded gatekeeping. Am I onto something, or just in need of a break? Up the Kingdom! 💚💛

Very excited after the first meeting of the Irish Judicial Studies Network this morning. We have just set up an account here: @IrishJSN.bsky.social - follow for news and events!

Registration is now open for the upcoming conference 'Law &… Reflections on Law and Interdisciplinarity with Early Career Researchers from Ireland and the UK'
📅 June 12 2025
📍 NUI Building, Merrion Square, Dublin
💡 Full programme ➡️ registration link
🔗 Register: lnkd.in/e2Q5yJ4x.

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Registration is now open for the upcoming conference 'Law &… Reflections on Law and Interdisciplinarity with Early Career Researchers from Ireland and the UK'
📅 June 12 2025
📍 NUI Building, Merrion Square, Dublin
💡 Full programme ➡️ registration link
🔗 Register: lnkd.in/e2Q5yJ4x.

Up the Kingdom!

What GAA rule changes can tell us about constitutions The experience of Gaelic football's rule changes, whether one agrees with them or not, gives a powerful lesson to the world of constitutions

In this piece for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social I look at the idea of 'unconstitutional constitutional amendments' (and its problems) through the prism of recent rule changes to Gaelic football – do sports and constitutions have a core essence which are *unchangeable*?
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Call for Papers: The Irish Political Constitution.
Symposium date: Friday 28th November 2025, NUI Merrion Square.
Deadline for Abstracts: 30 May 2025
We have an agreement in principle to publish a special issue of the Irish Jurist containing papers presented at the symposium

From Super Junior Ministers to the role of an Ceann Comhairle the political constitution is a hot topic atm. If you research in this area, consider putting in an abstract for our conference on this in Dublin on 28th November, a special ed of the Irish Jurist will follow. Abstracts due 30th May.

CALL FOR PAPERS THE IRISH POLITICAL CONSTITUTION FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MERRION SQUARE, DUBLIN Constitutions are designed to allocate and limit state power. However, no single document can seek to comprehensively convey the array of means through which a state gives effect to these functions. While the text of Bunreacht na hÉireann and judicial pronouncements regarding its interpretation form the elemental basis of Irish constitutionalism, political forces and actors also play a pivotal role in shaping Ireland’s constitutional culture. From questions as to the constitutionality of junior ministers and the role of the Ceann Comhairle and allocation of Dáil speaking time, to referendum campaigns and debates concerning the appropriate function of the presidency, the form and function of the Irish political constitution is more salient than ever. The aim of this symposium is to bring together a multi-disciplinary group of scholars to discuss the contours of the Irish political constitution. To what extent does Ireland rely on political as distinct from legal constraints to allocate and limit state power? How does the lived political reality differ from that implied by Bunreacht na hÉireann? And how do these political and legal controls shape and interact with each other to produce a uniquely Irish form of parliamentary democracy? Proposed topics include but are not limited to: • Historical and comparative perspectives on the Irish political constitution; • Political conventions, including conventions surrounding the presidency; • Judicial understandings of the political constitution; • Parliamentary privilege, Oireachtas committees, and judicial oversight; • The political constitution and the separation of powers; • The composition of the executive; • The constitutional role of political parties; • The role of the Ceann Comhairle, the ordering of Dáil business, and political conventions; • The interse…

Am co-organising a symposium on the Irish Political Constitution with @alangreene.bsky.social and @laurcah.bsky.social Call for papers is currently live. If you have any interesting ideas on the topic, or know anyone who does, please do submit an abstract.

Three panelists and a moderator near a screen that says "Postdocs Spotlight seminar Series: Power Imbalances", in front of an audience

Great talks on power imbalances yesterday at UCD #PostdocsSpotlight by @saoirseenright.bsky.social, @cballantine.bsky.social and Mohammad Altaf Hossain @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social

Here all gathered for the discussion panel, moderated by @josietaylor.bsky.social

#UCDResearchCulture

Worth a listen.

Judge Brian Walsh Brian Walsh (23 March 1918 – 9 March 1998) was an Irish Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights justice and barrister. Garry Sturgess interviewed him for his radio series on law and politi…

Credit to @saoirseenright.bsky.social for alerting us to these - an interview with Brian Walsh with the original audio
www.insidelives.org/politics/jud...

FAO any scholars interested in judicial studies - I am hoping to establish an Irish Judicial Studies Network to develop this area of legal studies in Ireland and to create opportunities for research collaboration. If interested - or if you know anyone who might be interested - please let me know!

Front cover of "Legal Transfer and Legal Geography in the British Empire"

Table of contents of Part 1: Legal Transfer in the Common Law World from the Early Modern Period until the Present

Table of contents of Part Ii: Landscape Law and Spatial Justice in the former British Empire

The reproduction of James I abolishing the Brehon Law from the Irish Architectural Archive

New book arrived in hardbook - thanks to all the amazing authors. It is available open access here: www.lhlt.mpg.de/publications...

Thrilled to see the latest edition of the DULJ arrive on my desk this morning.

What an opportunity it was to comment alongside @laurcah.bsky.social on the work of Conor Casey and @orandoyle.bsky.social

A pre-publication draft of our Afterword is available at: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Programme Manager (Tanzania and Zambia) - Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) Find the latest vacancies across both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland for solicitors, barristers and other legal professionals.

Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) is seeking someone to take a leading role on its Tanzania and Zambia programmes.

Thrilled to see the latest edition of the DULJ arrive on my desk this morning.

What an opportunity it was to comment alongside @laurcah.bsky.social on the work of Conor Casey and @orandoyle.bsky.social

A pre-publication draft of our Afterword is available at: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Legal Research, Knowledgement Management & Training Manager (PO) - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Find the latest vacancies across both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland for solicitors, barristers and other legal professionals.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is recruiting a legal research, knowledge management and training manager.

C'mon Littler!!

Only in the Kingdom 😝

#access #advancement

The recommendation to research diversity in the Judiciary to inform a diversity strategy for appointments, coupled with efforts to enhance diversity in the solicitor and barrister professions, is essential for creating a fair and inclusive legal system that reflects the society it serves.

We also recommend further research be carried out into diversity in the Judiciary to inform a diversity strategy for appointments as well as research on the impact issues such as salary, pension, retirement restrictions, etc have on recruitment of judges in Ireland. 4/6

New report recommends reforms to selection and appointment of judges ICCL has published a new report that makes recommendations for reforming the judicial appointments process…

Today my report with Carol Lynch on Judicial Selection Procedures, funded by IRC has been published by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties:
www.iccl.ie/2024/report-...
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2 yr Post-doc, Edinburgh-- Leverhulme-funded, ‘A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law, c.1750-present’. Collaboration betw Prof Chloë Kennedy (Edinburgh), Prof Katie Barclay (Macquarie) and Dr Alice Krzanich (Aberdeen). elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #skystorians 🗃️ #c18th #c19th

What a duo 😝

Saturday strolls 🥰