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Congrats to @tricondublin.bsky.social Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social whose paper ‘Keeping it Real in Constitutional Theory’ is ‘Download of the Week’ on the Legal Theory blog, and described by Prof @lsolum.bsky.social as a ‘deep and important paper’.

Many thanks to Prof Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy for an eye-opening paper on democratic backsliding in Hungary last night at @tricondublin.bsky.social, and to @benedettalobina.bsky.social & Beatrice Monciunskaite for incisive comments.

Looking forward to chairing this @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar tomorrow on direct democracy in Hungary with visiting speaker Prof Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy with commentators @benedettalobina.bsky.social & Prof Beatrice Monciunskaite.

Join us for a @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar on direct democracy in Hungary on Nov 5th at 5.30pm in TCD law School.

📢The 2026 ICON•S Annual Conference Call for Submissions is out!

Join us in #Dublin from June 29 – July 1, 2026!

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New publication by TriCON Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.socialcalled ‘Underuse of the Override’, now available on SSRN.

A photo of the panel, including myself, discussing constitutional law at Trinity College Dublin.

Absolute delight to be back at @tricondublin.bsky.social on Friday to talk about language rights and the Irish constitution.

Thanks to the organisers, commentators, and all present for a thoroughly interesting discussion.

📸TriCon

TODAY! All welcome

The programme is here! TriCON New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop features 6 brilliant ECRs tackling diverse research inquiries, with expert feedback from leading constitutional law academics - plus a keynote session by Prof. Leah Trueblood. @tricondublin.bsky.social

Join us for an ICON meets TriCON webinar on October 17th on the rationale and risks of referendums!

Brilliant speakers, important topic.
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Congratulations to @tricondublin.bsky.social Director, Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social whose book The Collaborative Constitution has been shortlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize 2025.

Tomorrow Sept 16th 5.30pm @tcddublin.bsky.social:
@tricondublin.bsky.social seminar with @hbirk.bsky.social on the rule of law in Germany.

New season of TriCON seminars begins with Prof Hannah Birkenkötter @hbirk.bsky.social speaking about her new co-authored book The Rule of Law in Germany, with Prof Niels Kirst commenting, chaired by Prof Christiane Ahlborn @tcddublin.bsky.social

@tricondublin.bsky.social New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop 3rd Oct.
Great opportunity for ECRs across the island of Ireland to present and get focused feedback on their work in public/constitutional law.

Abstracts due July 31st!

Submissions are open for the 'TriCON New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop'. An excellent opportunity for PhD candidates & ECRs in Ireland working on public/constitutional law to get expert feedback on their research. @tricondublin.bsky.social

The Collaborative Constitution by @tricondublin.bsky.social Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social is out now in paperback @cambup-law.cambridge.org

Many thanks to Prof Jonathan Morgan @cambridgelaw.bsky.social for his insightful review of my book The Collaborative Constitution in the latest issue of the Cambridge Law Journal @cambup-law.cambridge.org

Great seminar yesterday at @tricondublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social to mark the 10th anniversary of the Marriage Equality Referendum in Ireland.
Special thanks to Katherine Zappone for her fascinating talk and conversation with Profs @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social & @dkennytcd.bsky.social

To mark the 10th anniversary of the marriage equality referendum, @tricondublin.bsky.social is hosting an ‘in conversation’ event with Katherine Zappone and comments from Profs @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social

May 22nd 1.30pm @tlrhub.bsky.social.
All welcome!

Looking forward to this ‘in conversation’ event tomorrow May 22nd with Katherine Zappone & @dkennytcd.bsky.social

May 22nd, 1.30pm @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

All welcome

Great to partner with the Irish Jurisprudence Society for an excellent constitutional theory seminar with Prof Lawrence Sager @utexaslaw.bsky.social, with comments by @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social, chaired by @conorcrummey.bsky.social

Happening TODAY at 5pm:
Prof Larry Sager @utexaslaw.bsky.social on Imperfect Duties and Constitutional Law, with comments from Profs @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social at @tricondublin.bsky.social

All welcome!

It’s a @tricondublin.bsky.social double bill next week! Looking forward to this special event marking the 10th anniversary of the marriage equality referendum, in discussion with Katherine Zappone and Prof @dkennytcd.bsky.social.

Join us on May 22nd for a @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar marking the 10th Anniversary of the Marriage Equality Referendum in the @tlrhub.bsky.social. Key reflections by Katherine Zappone & comments by Profs @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social.

Join us on May 19th at 5pm for a seminar with guest speaker Prof Lawrence Sager, jointly hosted by @tricondublin.bsky.social & the Irish Jurisprudence Society.
Comments from @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social, chaired by @conorcrummey.bsky.social

Huge congrats to Daniel Gilligan on passing his doctoral viva with no corrections at TCD Law School!
Pictures here with his two proud supervisors - Prof Des Ryan and I - & the brilliant examiners @colmocinneide.bsky.social & Mr Justice Gerard Hogan of the Irish Supreme Court.

Huge thanks to Dr @ignaciogiuffre.bsky.social for this insightful review of The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org in the UTLJ. Great essay comparing deliberative and collaborative constitutionalism, available open access on SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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.

Do join us today in TCD Law School today at 4pm for the final Irish Jurisprudence Society event of the academic year: a symposium on @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social's book, 'The Collaborative Constitution'

Looking forward to this book symposium tomorrow at 4pm in @tcddublin.bsky.social with great discussants @conorcrummey.bsky.social, @marianavr.bsky.social & Daniel Gilligan, chaired by @donalcoffey.bsky.social supported by @maynoothlaw.bsky.social