Dr Fergus Ryan

Law, Motherhood Project, Sexualities and Gender
Gaeilge agus fáilte
Associate Professor
Acting Head of School
Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
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Review of the Operation of the Provisions of the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 in the Context of a Child born Outside of Marriage or Civil Partnership | Joint Principal Investigator | Department of Justice / Government State Bodies | 02-JAN-22 | 30-SEP-22 | 5000 | ||
Scoping Project and Draft Legislation on Free Universal Access to Contraception | Consultant | / Non Commercial | 01-APR-21 | 02-JAN-22 | 8000 | ||
GOI Scholarship for Rebecca Murphy: Different Doors, Different Responses: Child Protection Mediation | PI | Irish Research Council (IRC) / Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship | Fergus Ryan is supervisor | 01-OCT-17 | 30-SEP-19 | 47921.5 |
Books
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2018 | Constitutional Law (Nutshell) 3rd ed.
Fergus Ryan (2018) Constitutional Law (Nutshell) 3rd ed. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2011 | Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (An Annotation).
Fergus Ryan (2011) Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (An Annotation). Dublin: Round Hall. [Details] |
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2008 | Constitutional Law (Nutshell) 2nd ed.
Fergus Ryan (2008) Constitutional Law (Nutshell) 2nd ed. Dublin: Round Hall. [Details] |
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2006 | Contract Law (Nutshell).
Fergus Ryan (2006) Contract Law (Nutshell). Dublin: Round Hall. [Details] |
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2002 | Constitutional Law (Nutshell) 1st ed.
Fergus Ryan (2002) Constitutional Law (Nutshell) 1st ed. Dublin: Round Hall. [Details] |
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2001 | Constitutional Law (Essential Law Texts).
Fergus Ryan (2001) Constitutional Law (Essential Law Texts). Dublin: Round Hall. [Details] |
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2004 | Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Law in Ireland; Cases and Materials.
Dug Cubie and Fergus Ryan (2004) Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Law in Ireland; Cases and Materials. : Round Hall. [Details] |
Book Chapters
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2021 | 'Is Marriage a Cure for All Ills? Vulnerability and LGBT Communities in the Wake of the Marriage Referendum'
Fergus Ryan (2021) 'Is Marriage a Cure for All Ills? Vulnerability and LGBT Communities in the Wake of the Marriage Referendum' In: Gallen and Ní Mhuirthile (eds), Law, Responsibility and Vulnerability: State Accountability and Responsiveness - Gender in Law, Culture, and Society. UK: Taylor and Francis. [Details] |
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2020 | 'Repackaged Goods? Interrogating the Heteronormative Underpinnings of Marriage'
Fergus Ryan (2020) 'Repackaged Goods? Interrogating the Heteronormative Underpinnings of Marriage' In: Frances Hamilton and Guido Noto La Diega (eds). Same-Sex Relationships, Law and Social Change. UK: Routledge. [Details] |
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2019 | 'Mapping a Transformed Landscape: Sexual Orientation and the Law in Ireland'
Ryan, F (2019) 'Mapping a Transformed Landscape: Sexual Orientation and the Law in Ireland' In: LAW AND GENDER IN MODERN IRELAND: CRITIQUE AND REFORM. OXFORD: HART PUBLISHING LTD. [Details] |
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2018 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2018) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2017. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2017 | 'Commentary on McKinley v Minister for Defence'
Ryan, F (2017) 'Commentary on McKinley v Minister for Defence' In: NORTHERN/IRISH FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: JUDGES' TROUBLES AND THE GENDERED POLITICS OF IDENTITY. PORTLAND: HART PUBL. [Details] |
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2017 | '“McKinley v Minister for Defence: Commentary” (Judgment by Professor Joanne Conaghan)'
Fergus Ryan (Judgment by Professor Joanne Conaghan) (2017) '“McKinley v Minister for Defence: Commentary” (Judgment by Professor Joanne Conaghan)' In: Máiréad Enright, Julie McCandless and Aoife O’Donoghue, Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments: Judges’ Troubles and the Gender Politics of Identity. UK: (Hart Publishing 2017). [Details] |
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2017 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2017) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2016. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2016 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2016) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2015. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2015 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2015) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2014. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2014 | '’We’ll Have What They’re Having’: Sexual Minorities and the Law in the Republic of Ireland'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2014) '’We’ll Have What They’re Having’: Sexual Minorities and the Law in the Republic of Ireland' In: Sexuality and Irish Society: A Reader. Dublin: Orpen Press. [Details] |
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2014 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2014) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2013. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2013 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2013) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2012. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2012 | 'Are Two Irish Mammies (even) Better than One? Heteronormativity, Homosexuality and the 1937 Constitution'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2012) 'Are Two Irish Mammies (even) Better than One? Heteronormativity, Homosexuality and the 1937 Constitution' In: The Constitution of Ireland: Perspectives and Prospects. Bloomsbury Professional. [Details] |
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2012 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2012) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2011. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2011 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2011) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2010. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2011 | 'Witnesses to Transformation: Three Decades of Family Law Scholarship in Ireland'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2011) 'Witnesses to Transformation: Three Decades of Family Law Scholarship in Ireland' In: 30 Years of Legal Scholarship. Round Hall. [Details] |
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2010 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2010) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2009. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2009 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2009) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2008. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2008 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2008) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2007. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2008 | '21st Century Families: 19th Century Values; Modern Family Law in the Shadow of the Constitution'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2008) '21st Century Families: 19th Century Values; Modern Family Law in the Shadow of the Constitution' In: The Irish Constitution: Governance and Values. [Details] |
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2007 | 'Contract Law'
Fergus Ryan (2007) 'Contract Law' In: Annual Review of Irish Law 2006. Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
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2005 | 'Sexual Orientation Discrimination'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2005) 'Sexual Orientation Discrimination' In: Discrimination Law. Law Society of Ireland. [Details] |
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2000 | 'Chapters on Marriage and Children and annual updates'
Fergus Ryan (2000) 'Chapters on Marriage and Children and annual updates' In: Family Law Practitioner (G. Shannon (ed.). Dublin: Thomson Reuters. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
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2021 | 'Book Review of Lydia Bracken, Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020'
Fergus Ryan (2021) 'Book Review of Lydia Bracken, Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020'. Irish Jurist, 65 (65):196-198 [Details] |
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2021 | 'Book Review: G. Shannon, Child and Family Law'
Fergus Ryan (2021) 'Book Review: G. Shannon, Child and Family Law'. Irish Journal of Family Law, [Details] |
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2021 | 'Decriminalisation Revisited: PP v The Judges of Dublin Circuit Court, the DPP, Ireland and the Attorney General [2019] IESC 26'
Fergus Ryan (2021) 'Decriminalisation Revisited: PP v The Judges of Dublin Circuit Court, the DPP, Ireland and the Attorney General [2019] IESC 26'. Irish Supreme Court Review, [Details] |
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2018 | 'Unfinished Business? Equality and Family Diversity in the Wake of the Irish Marriage Referendum'
Fergus Ryan (2018) 'Unfinished Business? Equality and Family Diversity in the Wake of the Irish Marriage Referendum'. Irish Journal of Family Law, (2018) 21(3) Irish Journal of Family Law (3):59-69 [Details] |
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2017 | 'Book Review: Niamh Howlin and Kevin Costello (eds) Law and the Family in Ireland 1800-1950, Palgrave, London, 2017'
Fergus Ryan (2017) 'Book Review: Niamh Howlin and Kevin Costello (eds) Law and the Family in Ireland 1800-1950, Palgrave, London, 2017'. Irish Jurist, 58 :204-208 [Details] |
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2016 | 'The Rise and Fall of Civil Partnership'
Fergus Ryan (2016) 'The Rise and Fall of Civil Partnership'. Irish Journal of Family Law, [Details] |
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2016 | 'Book Review: Daniele Gallo, Luca Paladini and Pietro Pustorino (eds.) Same-Sex Couples before National, Supranational and International Jurisdictions (Springer-Verlag, 2014) in International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON) (Oxford University Press 2016)'
Fergus Ryan (2016) 'Book Review: Daniele Gallo, Luca Paladini and Pietro Pustorino (eds.) Same-Sex Couples before National, Supranational and International Jurisdictions (Springer-Verlag, 2014) in International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON) (Oxford University Press 2016)'. International Journal of Constitutional Law, [full-text] [Details] |
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2015 | 'Ireland’s Marriage Referendum: A Constitutional Perspective DPCE Online (Diritto Pubblico Comparato Ed Europeo) 2015-2 http://www.dpce.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20152-Ryan.pdf'
Fergus Ryan (2015) 'Ireland’s Marriage Referendum: A Constitutional Perspective DPCE Online (Diritto Pubblico Comparato Ed Europeo) 2015-2 http://www.dpce.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20152-Ryan.pdf'. DIRITTO PUBBLICO COMPARATO ED EUROPEO, DPCE Online (Diritto Pubblico Comparato Ed Europeo) 2015-2 [full-text] [Details] |
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2014 | '“Playing Away from Home on an Uneven Pitch?” Spouses, Civil Partners and Adultery in Irish and UK Law'
Fergus Ryan (2014) '“Playing Away from Home on an Uneven Pitch?” Spouses, Civil Partners and Adultery in Irish and UK Law'. Irish Journal of Family Law, (2014) 17(2) Irish Journal of Family Law 41-51 [Details] |
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2012 | 'Out of the Shadow of the Constitution: Civil Partnership, Cohabitation and the Constitutional Family'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2012) 'Out of the Shadow of the Constitution: Civil Partnership, Cohabitation and the Constitutional Family'. Irish Jurist, 48 :201-248 [full-text] [Details] |
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2008 | 'The General Scheme of the Civil Partnership Bill 2008: Brave New Dawn or Missed Opportunity?'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2008) 'The General Scheme of the Civil Partnership Bill 2008: Brave New Dawn or Missed Opportunity?'. Irish Journal of Family Law, 11 [Details] |
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2006 | 'Recognizing Family Diversity: Children, One Parent Families and the Law'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2006) 'Recognizing Family Diversity: Children, One Parent Families and the Law'. Irish Journal of Family Law, 9 [Details] |
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2006 | 'Sexual Orientation and the Management of a Diverse Workplace: Law and Best Practice'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2006) 'Sexual Orientation and the Management of a Diverse Workplace: Law and Best Practice'. To be added, 5 [full-text] [Details] |
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2005 | 'Casenote: Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza in (2005) 27:3 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 355-368'
Fergus Ryan (2005) 'Casenote: Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza in (2005) 27:3 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 355-368'. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, [Details] |
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2004 | 'Marriage at the Boundaries of Gender: The ‘Transsexual Dilemma’ Resolved?'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2004) 'Marriage at the Boundaries of Gender: The ‘Transsexual Dilemma’ Resolved?'. Irish Journal of Family Law, [2004] 1 Irish Journal of Family Law 15 [Details] |
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2001 | 'Law at the Margins: The Displacement of Law as a Framework of Governance (2001) 19 (no. 3) Dickinson Journal of International Law (Penn State Uni.) 407'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2001) 'Law at the Margins: The Displacement of Law as a Framework of Governance (2001) 19 (no. 3) Dickinson Journal of International Law (Penn State Uni.) 407'. (2001) 19 (no. 3) Dickinson Journal of International Law (Penn State Uni.) 407 [full-text] [Details] |
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2000 | 'Sexuality, Ideology and the Legal Construction of ‘Family’; Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association'
Dr Fergus Ryan (2000) 'Sexuality, Ideology and the Legal Construction of ‘Family’; Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association'. Irish Journal of Family Law, [2000] 3 Irish Journal of Family Law 2 [Details] |
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1997 | '“‘Queering’ the Criminal Law: Some thoughts on the Aftermath of the Decriminalisation of Homosexuality”'
Fergus Ryan (1997) '“‘Queering’ the Criminal Law: Some thoughts on the Aftermath of the Decriminalisation of Homosexuality”'. Irish Criminal Law Journal, 1997) 7 Irish Criminal Law Journal 38-47 [Details] |
Other Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | 'Book Review: G. Shannon, Child and Family Law'
Fergus Ryan (2021) 'Book Review: G. Shannon, Child and Family Law' Law Society Gazette, . [Details] |
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2016 | 'A note on the impact of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 on Contract Law (2016) 34(16) Irish Law Times 231'
Fergus Ryan (2016) 'A note on the impact of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 on Contract Law (2016) 34(16) Irish Law Times 231' Irish Law Times, . [Details] |
Conference Publications
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2007 | Young People and Crime: Research Policy and Practice
Kevin Lalor, Fergus Ryan, Mairead Seymour and Claire Hamilton (2007) Young People and Crime: Research Policy and Practice Young People and Crime: Research Policy and Practice [Details] |
Conference Contributions
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2020 | Conference on Effective Implementation of the EU Regulations 2016/1103 and 2016/1105: Challenges and Opportunities for Cross Border Couples in Family and Succession Law.
Fergus Ryan (2020) Conference on Effective Implementation of the EU Regulations 2016/1103 and 2016/1105: Challenges and Opportunities for Cross Border Couples in Family and Succession Law. [Oral Presentation], ‘In the ‘Slow Lane’? An Irish perspective on EU family and Succession Law’, Online/Universidad de Almería, Spain [Details] |
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2020 | Gender-Based Violence Perspectives from Brazil and Ireland.
Fergus Ryan (2020) Gender-Based Violence Perspectives from Brazil and Ireland. [Oral Presentation], ‘Violence, Abuse, and Coercive Control in Intimate Same-sex Relationships: Legal and Policy Responses’, University of Limerick, 5-7 February 2020 [Details] |
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2019 | Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference.
Fergus Ryan (2019) Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], ‘Article 41.2 and the Homosexual Household’, Limerick [Details] |
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2019 | Annual conference of the ACJRD – ‘Behind Closed Doors: Crimes of Violence, Coercive Control and Abuse in Family and Intimate Relationships’.
Fergus Ryan (2019) Annual conference of the ACJRD – ‘Behind Closed Doors: Crimes of Violence, Coercive Control and Abuse in Family and Intimate Relationships’. [Oral Presentation], Violence, Abuse, and Coercive Control in Intimate Same-sex Relationships; Legal and Policy Responses’, Dublin [Details] |
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2019 | Irish Supreme Court Review Conference.
Fergus Ryan (2019) Irish Supreme Court Review Conference. [Oral Presentation], ‘Decriminalisation Revisited: PP v Judge of the Dublin Circuit Court’ for the Irish Supreme Court Review, Trinity College, Dublin [Details] |
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2019 | DCU Conference on ‘Reflecting on the 1937 Constitution: Women, Family and the Home in Ireland’.
Fergus Ryan (2019) DCU Conference on ‘Reflecting on the 1937 Constitution: Women, Family and the Home in Ireland’. [Oral Presentation], The Gendered Landscape of the Irish Constitution: What to do with Article 41.2?’, DCU, Dublin [Details] |
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2019 | Maynooth-Modena Symposium, Maynooth University Department of Law.
Fergus Ryan (2019) Maynooth-Modena Symposium, Maynooth University Department of Law. [Oral Presentation], ‘Let them (not) eat cake: Sexual Orientation, Religion and Compelled Speech’, Maynooth [Details] |
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2019 | Here Versus There: Beyond Comparison in Queer and Sexuality politics, Maynooth University.
Fergus Ryan (2019) Here Versus There: Beyond Comparison in Queer and Sexuality politics, Maynooth University. [Oral Presentation], ‘Freed from the British Yoke’: The colonial origins of Anti-LGBT Laws’ (On Indian Supreme Court decisions on homosexual acts and transgender rights), Maynooth University [Details] |
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2019 | SexGen Symposium (Maynooth University).
Fergus Ryan (2019) SexGen Symposium (Maynooth University). [Oral Presentation], Disrupting the Binary: Is there space for non-binary gender identities in Irish law?’, Maynooth University [Details] |
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2018 | Conference on Same-sex Marriage, Northumbria University.
Fergus Ryan (2018) Conference on Same-sex Marriage, Northumbria University. [Oral Presentation], “Unfinished Business? Interrogating the Heteronormative Underpinnings of Marriage”,, Newcastle, England [Details] |
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2018 | Annual Conference of Institute of Guidance Counsellors.
Fergus Ryan (2018) Annual Conference of Institute of Guidance Counsellors. [Oral Presentation], “Legal Protection and Challenges for LGBTI Students and Parents in Ireland”, DCU, Dublin [Details] |
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2018 | Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference.
Fergus Ryan (2018) Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], Disrupting the Binary: Is there space for non-binary gender identities in Irish law?, Athlone, Ireland [Details] |
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2017 | Contemporary Issues in Family Formation, Conference.
Fergus Ryan (2017) Contemporary Issues in Family Formation, Conference. [Oral Presentation], Beyond Marriage: Equality, Family Diversity and Non-marital Families in Contemporary Ireland, University of Limerick [Details] |
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2017 | International Society of Family Law Conference.
Fergus Ryan (2017) International Society of Family Law Conference. [Oral Presentation], Retreat from the Bedroom? The Legal Relevance of Sex in Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Partnership, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Details] |
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2017 | Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference.
Fergus Ryan (2017) Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], UF v JC Revisited: Sexual Orientation and the Nullity of Marriage after the Marriage Referendum, Dunboyne, Co. Meath [Details] |
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2017 | World Congress of Family Law and Children's Rights.
Fergus Ryan (2017) World Congress of Family Law and Children's Rights. [Oral Presentation], Unfinished Business? Equality and Family Diversity in the Wake of the Irish Marriage Referendum, Dublin [Details] |
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2016 | Constitutional Conversations Seminar.
Fergus Ryan (2016) Constitutional Conversations Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Constitutions, Referendums and the Family, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [Details] |
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2016 | State Accountability for Vulnerability Conference.
Fergus Ryan (2016) State Accountability for Vulnerability Conference. [Oral Presentation], Is marriage a cure for all ills? Vulnerability and LGBT Communities in the Wake of the Marriage Referendum, DCU, Dublin [Details] |
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2016 | Opening Conversations Conference: Achieving Equality for LGBT people in Schools.
Fergus Ryan (2016) Opening Conversations Conference: Achieving Equality for LGBT people in Schools. [Oral Presentation], Discussant/Panel Member Opening Conversations: Achieving Equality for LGBT people in Schools, Maynooth University [Details] |
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2016 | Campaigning for Change Conference.
Fergus Ryan (2016) Campaigning for Change Conference. [Oral Presentation], The Marriage Referendum: A Legal Perspective, Killiney, Co. Dublin [Details] |
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2016 | Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference.
Fergus Ryan (2016) Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], Placement on International Study Abroad Programmes; A reflection, Waterford [Details] |
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2015 | HHRG Seminar, A Lot Done, A Lot More To Do: Trans People and the Law.
Fergus Ryan (2015) HHRG Seminar, A Lot Done, A Lot More To Do: Trans People and the Law. [Oral Presentation], “A Lot Done, a Lot More to Do: Trans People and the Law”, University of Limerick [Details] |
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2015 | Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference 2015.
Fergus Ryan (2015) Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference 2015. [Oral Presentation], “Marriage Equality and Family Diversity: Unfinished Business?” (Family Diversity in the wake of the Marriage Referendum), Galway [Details] |
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2015 | University of Limerick Labour Law Conference.
Fergus Ryan (2015) University of Limerick Labour Law Conference. [Oral Presentation], “Sexual orientation and transgender discrimination in the workplace: Unfinished Business?”, University of Limerick [Details] |
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2015 | Law Society of Ireland Annual Conference on Child and Family Law, November 27, 2015.
Fergus Ryan (2015) Law Society of Ireland Annual Conference on Child and Family Law, November 27, 2015. [Oral Presentation], “The Marriage Act 2015: Implications for Practice”, Dublin [Details] |
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2014 | Rights on the Move Conference, Belfast, June 5, 2014.
Fergus Ryan (2014) Rights on the Move Conference, Belfast, June 5, 2014. [Oral Presentation], “Recognition of Rainbow Families: An RoI Perspective on Cross-Border Recognition”, Belfast [Details] |
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2014 | Adoption Conference, UCC, September 4, 2014.
Fergus Ryan (2014) Adoption Conference, UCC, September 4, 2014. [Oral Presentation], “New Frontiers in Adoption Law; Adoption by Civil Partners and Same-Sex Couples”, Cork [Details] |
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2014 | Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference.
Fergus Ryan (2014) Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], “Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: An Overview”, Kilkenny [Details] |
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2014 | Conference on Domestic Abuse in LGBT Relationships, Dundalk, May 30, 2014.
Fergus Ryan (2014) Conference on Domestic Abuse in LGBT Relationships, Dundalk, May 30, 2014. [Oral Presentation], “Domestic Violence and LGBT Couples: The Law”, Dundalk [Details] |
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2014 | Rights on the Move Conference, University of Trento, Italy, October 24, 2014.
Fergus Ryan (2014) Rights on the Move Conference, University of Trento, Italy, October 24, 2014. [Oral Presentation], Discussant, “Free Movement and Rainbow Families”, University of Trento, Italy [Details] |
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2014 | LGBT Legal Symposium, Belfast, June 4, 2014.
Fergus Ryan (2014) LGBT Legal Symposium, Belfast, June 4, 2014. [Oral Presentation], “Recognition of Rainbow Families in the Republic of Ireland: Recent and Future Developments”, Belfast [Details] |
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2014 | Conference on Marriage Equality, Relationship Recognition and Non-Discrimination: Security Equality and Rights? UCC, March 28, 2014.
Fergus Ryan (2014) Conference on Marriage Equality, Relationship Recognition and Non-Discrimination: Security Equality and Rights? UCC, March 28, 2014. [Oral Presentation], “Marriage, Gender Recognition and the Transgender Spouse: Challenging the Single Status Requirement”, Cork [Details] |
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2014 | Ashville Media: Education and the Law Seminar, Croke Park, October 22, 2014.
Fergus Ryan (2014) Ashville Media: Education and the Law Seminar, Croke Park, October 22, 2014. [Oral Presentation], “Bullying, Diversity and LGBT Youth in Education”, Dublin [Details] |
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2013 | University College Cork, School of Law, Conference on the Future of Adoption Law and Practice, January 2013.
Fergus Ryan (2013) University College Cork, School of Law, Conference on the Future of Adoption Law and Practice, January 2013. [Oral Presentation], “Civil Partners, Parenting and the Law: Is Joint Adoption the Solution?”, Cork [Details] |
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2012 | Dear Minister: Proposals for Child Law Reform, Symposium, Child Law Clinic, UCC School of Law, March 2012.
Fergus Ryan (2012) Dear Minister: Proposals for Child Law Reform, Symposium, Child Law Clinic, UCC School of Law, March 2012. [Oral Presentation], “The rights of children in same sex families”, Corl [Details] |
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2007 | 'The Constitution at 70’, Trinity College, Dublin, June 2007.
Fergus Ryan (2007) 'The Constitution at 70’, Trinity College, Dublin, June 2007. [Oral Presentation], “21st Century Families, 19th Century Values: Modern Family Law in the Shadow of the Constitution”, Dublin [Details] |
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2012 | Social Exclusion and the Law, Conference, Griffith College, Dublin, September 2012.
Fergus Ryan (2012) Social Exclusion and the Law, Conference, Griffith College, Dublin, September 2012. [Oral Presentation], “Class and Cohabitation: The Financial Pitfalls of Legal Recognition for Non-marital Couples”, Dublin [Details] |
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2011 | Irish Association of Law Teachers, Annual Conference, Athlone, November 2011.
Fergus Ryan (2011) Irish Association of Law Teachers, Annual Conference, Athlone, November 2011. [Oral Presentation], “No Sex Please, we're Civil Partners”, Athlone, Ireland [Details] |
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2009 | “Que(e)rying’ the ‘Pink Euro’: Mapping Legal Barriers to Wealth Formation and Transmission in Emerging LGBT Families”.
Fergus Ryan (2009) “Que(e)rying’ the ‘Pink Euro’: Mapping Legal Barriers to Wealth Formation and Transmission in Emerging LGBT Families”. [Other], Columbia College Chicago/Dublin Institute of Technology Virtual Symposium, April 2009, paper available at http://fearghusoriain.blogspot.com/, Online [Details] |
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2008 | National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers Conference, Armagh City.
Fergus Ryan (2008) National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers Conference, Armagh City. [Oral Presentation], “Child Protection and the Criminal Law: Legislative Strategies in the Republic of Ireland” National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers Conference, Armagh City, Safeguarding Children from Sexua, Armagh City [Details] |
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2008 | L.Inc. conference – Marriage and Lesbian and Gay Families, Port Authority, Cork, March 2008.
Fergus Ryan (2008) L.Inc. conference – Marriage and Lesbian and Gay Families, Port Authority, Cork, March 2008. [Oral Presentation], “Children’s Rights in the Context of LGBT Parenting”, Cork [Details] |
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2007 | European Slave Trade: Character, Causes & Challenges, Trinity College, Dublin, July 3-5, 2007.
Fergus Ryan (2007) European Slave Trade: Character, Causes & Challenges, Trinity College, Dublin, July 3-5, 2007. [Oral Presentation], With Conroy, P., “Trafficking in Persons: A Human Rights Perspective”, Dublin [Details] |
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2007 | One Family Conference, Divorce and Children, Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, March 2007.
Fergus Ryan (2007) One Family Conference, Divorce and Children, Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, March 2007. [Oral Presentation], “Divorce and Children: 10 Years On”, Dublin [Details] |
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2006 | Association for Legal and Social Philosophy, Annual Conference, Dublin, June 2006.
Fergus Ryan (2006) Association for Legal and Social Philosophy, Annual Conference, Dublin, June 2006. [Oral Presentation], “From Stonewall(s) to Picket Fences: The Mainstreaming of Same-Sex Couples in Contemporary Legal Discourses”, Dublin [Details] |
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2006 | Irish Association of Law Teachers, Annual Conference, Cork, April 2006.
Fergus Ryan (2006) Irish Association of Law Teachers, Annual Conference, Cork, April 2006. [Oral Presentation], “Defamation, Discretion and the Politics of ‘Outing’”, Cork [Details] |
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2002 | Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2002.
Fergus Ryan (2002) Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2002. [Oral Presentation], “God vs. Mammon: A Comparative View of Prayer as Consideration in Irish and U.S. Law”, Nevada [Details] |
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2001 | Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2001.
Fergus Ryan (2001) Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2001. [Oral Presentation], “From the Individual to the Familial: Sexual Minorities and Alternative ‘Family Values’ in Ireland, Europe and the North America: A Comparative Analysis”, Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual C, New Mexico [Details] |
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2001 | Law and Society Association Annual Conference, Budapest, July 2001.
Fergus Ryan (2001) Law and Society Association Annual Conference, Budapest, July 2001. [Oral Presentation], “Law at the Margins: the Displacement of Law as a Framework of Governance”, Budapest, Hungary [Details] |
Published Reports
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2014 | Observations on the General Scheme of the Gender Recognition Bill 2014.
Fergus Ryan for the Equality Authority (2014) Observations on the General Scheme of the Gender Recognition Bill 2014. Equality Authority, Dublin. [full-text] [Details] |
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2012 | Known Your Rights - The Rights and Obligations of Civil Partners and Same-sex Couples.
Fergus Ryan - with GLEN and ICCLPlain English review by NALA (2012) Known Your Rights - The Rights and Obligations of Civil Partners and Same-sex Couples. GLEN/ICCL, Dublin. [full-text] [Details] |
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2009 | Civil Partnership: Your Questions Answered.
Fergus Ryan (2009) Civil Partnership: Your Questions Answered. GLEN, Dublin. [Details] |
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2006 | The Rights of De Facto Couples.
Judy Walsh, Fergus Ryan (2006) The Rights of De Facto Couples. Irish Human Rights Commission, Dublin. [Details] |
Article
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1998 | “‘When Divorce is Away, Nullity's at Play’: A New Ground of Annulment, its Dubious Past and its Uncertain Future”, (1998) 1 Trinity College Law Review 15.
Fergus Ryan (1998) “‘When Divorce is Away, Nullity's at Play’: A New Ground of Annulment, its Dubious Past and its Uncertain Future”, (1998) 1 Trinity College Law Review 15. Article [Details] |
Book Review
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2021 | Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle.
Fergus Ryan (2021) Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle. DUBLIN: Book Review [Details] |
Electronic Article
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | Ireland’s 8th Amendment: Repeal or Retain?.
Fergus Ryan (2018) Ireland’s 8th Amendment: Repeal or Retain?. Electronic Article [Details] |
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2017 | Marriage equality?: 'There is no excuse for confining civil partnership solely to gay couples' The Journal, 27 February 2017.
Fergus Ryan (2017) Marriage equality?: 'There is no excuse for confining civil partnership solely to gay couples' The Journal, 27 February 2017. Electronic Article [Details] |
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2017 | The Constitution at 80.
Fergus Ryan (2017) The Constitution at 80. Brainstorm: Electronic Article [Details] |
Electronic Publication
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Westlaw IE Annotation of the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Act 20182018.
Fergus Ryan (2021) Westlaw IE Annotation of the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Act 20182018. Electronic Publication [Details] |
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2021 | Westlaw IE Annotation of the Domestic Violence Act 2018.
Fergus Ryan (2021) Westlaw IE Annotation of the Domestic Violence Act 2018. Electronic Publication [Details] |
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2017 | Westlaw IE Annotation of the Gender Recognition Act 2015.
Fergus Ryan (2017) Westlaw IE Annotation of the Gender Recognition Act 2015. Electronic Publication [Details] |
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2017 | Westlaw IE Annotation of the Marriage Act 2015.
Fergus Ryan (2017) Westlaw IE Annotation of the Marriage Act 2015. Electronic Publication [Details] |
Magazine Article
Year | Publication | |
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2008 | The Heads Up (On Civil Partnership Bill), GCN, August 2008.
Fergus Ryan (2008) The Heads Up (On Civil Partnership Bill), GCN, August 2008. Magazine Article [Details] |
Newspaper Articles
Year | Publication | |
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2016 | The marriage equality plebiscite is not just unnecessary, it's positively sadistic, The Guardian, November 7, 2016.
Fergus Ryan (2016) The marriage equality plebiscite is not just unnecessary, it's positively sadistic, The Guardian, November 7, 2016. Australia: Newspaper Articles [Details] |
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2016 | Don't think of same-sex marriage as radical and disruptive... it actually goes to heart of tradition and family, Belfast Telegraph, August 6, 2016.
Fergus Ryan (2016) Don't think of same-sex marriage as radical and disruptive... it actually goes to heart of tradition and family, Belfast Telegraph, August 6, 2016. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
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2012 | Cohabiting couples must consider financial obligations, Irish Times, February 27, 2012.
Fergus Ryan (2012) Cohabiting couples must consider financial obligations, Irish Times, February 27, 2012. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
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2011 | Divorce link to transgender recognition is questionable, Irish Times, July 25, 2011.
Fergus Ryan (2011) Divorce link to transgender recognition is questionable, Irish Times, July 25, 2011. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
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2007 | “Comment: Proposed Amendment Raises More Questions than it Answers”, Sunday Business Post, February 25, 2007.
Fergus Ryan (2007) “Comment: Proposed Amendment Raises More Questions than it Answers”, Sunday Business Post, February 25, 2007. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
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2001 | “Nice Treaty will enable EU to add new members” The Echo, May 31, 2001.
Fergus Ryan (2001) “Nice Treaty will enable EU to add new members” The Echo, May 31, 2001. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
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2000 | Nice Treaty will enable EU to add new members, The Echo, May 31, 2000.
Fergus Ryan (2000) Nice Treaty will enable EU to add new members, The Echo, May 31, 2000. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
Other
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | Submission to the Gender Recognition Act Review Group.
Fergus Ryan (2018) Submission to the Gender Recognition Act Review Group. Other [Details] |
Statute
Year | Publication | |
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2014 | Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014.
Senator Averil Power, Fergus Ryan (2014) Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014. Statute [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2016 | The McCarron Memorial Certificate of Recognition | Maynooth Students' Union | |
2021 | Teaching Hero | National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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President, Irish Association of Law Teachers | President | 01-DEC-13 / 09-NOV-14 | |
Treasurer, Irish Association of Law Teachers | Treasurer | 22-NOV-14 / 25-NOV-17 | |
President, Irish Association of Law Teachers | President | 01-DEC-03 / 01-DEC-04 |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
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Academic Programmes Committee, Maynooth University | Member (Elected) | 2015 / 2019 | |
MU Teaching and Learning Sub-committee | Member | 2017 / | |
Chair, Faculty of Social Sciences Teaching and Learning Committee, Maynooth University | Chair | 2017 / | |
Faculty of Social Sciences Teaching and Learning Committee, Maynooth University | Member | 2014 / |
Employment
Employer | Position | From / To | |
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Dublin Institute of Technology | Head, Department of Law, 2003-2009, 2013 | 01-SEP-03 / 31-DEC-09 | |
Trinity College Dublin | Lecturer in Family Law, Part-time, 2002-2005 | 01-SEP-02 / | |
Dublin Institute of Technology | Asst Lecturer in Law 1999-2002, Lecturer in Law 2002-2013 | 01-NOV-99 / 01-JAN-14 |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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2001 | University of Dublin | PhD | ||
1995 | University of Dublin | LLB Bachelor of Laws (Hons) |
Languages
Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
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Gaelige | Functional | Functional | Functional | |
English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
French | Functional | Basic | Basic |
Outreach Activities
Description | |
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One Family (formerly Cherish), Former Board Member and Director, Former Chairperson |
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Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, Former Board Member and Company Director |
Teaching Interests
Recent Postgraduates
Graduation | Student Name | University | Degree | Thesis | |
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2021 | Rebecca Murphy | Maynooth University | PhD | ||
2013 | Fidel Taguinod | Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), IRL | PhD | The Surrogate Nurse: Writing 'Self' and the Transnational Economy of 'Global Pinoy' | |
2012 | Sally Daly | Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), IRL | PhD | Pick, Pack, Sell: Producing Horticulture in 21st Century Ireland | |
2008 | Carol Coulter | Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), IRL | MPhil | M.Phil. Ancillary Orders in the Circuit Family Co |