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Prof McMahon hosts IRC funded workshop with Breakthrough Cancer Research on the hospital exemption pathway for the development of ATMPs for patients with ‘unmet need’

This project is run in collaboration with Dr Frances Drummond and Breakthrough Cancer Research and funded by the Irish Research Council New Foundations scheme.

Monday, 02 December 2024

Cian Ó Concubhair

Dr Cian Ó Concubhair speaks to the Irish Independent on General Election 2024

On 28th November , Dr Cian Ó Concubhair, Assistant Professor in the School of Law and Criminology spoke with Maeve McTaggart from Irish Independent about how the different political parties have treated drug policy in their General Election 2024 manifestos.

Friday, 29 November 2024

Enacting Lesson Study with Post Primary DEIS Schools

Enacting Lesson Study with Post Primary DEIS Schools

Dr Diarmaid Hyland, Assistant Lecturer (with specialism in Professional Practice) in the Education Department at Maynooth University delivered the keynote address during Kilkenny Carlow Education and Training Board’s (KCETB) annual Teach Meet conference.

Friday, 29 November 2024

Professor Delia Ferri participates in the III Annual Conference of the Jean Monnet Chair

The conference was opened by the President (Rector Magnífico) of the University of Murcia, Prof. José Luján Alcaraz, and by the Head of the School of Law, Prof. Francisca Ferrando García.

Friday, 29 November 2024

Dr Richard Fitzpatrick article on RTE Brainstorm

Our colleague Dr Richard Fitzpatrick has written a piece for RTE Brainstorm examining the career of an 18th century Tipperaryman in Spain and Colonial Peru. The brief piece on George (or ‘Jorge’) Ryan will provide readers with an idea of the factors that drew Irish people to Latin America during this period. A second article on Richard’s current IRC research focusing on the Irish in Tenerife will be published by Brainstorm in January.

Thursday, 28 November 2024

COP29 Baku-Emeritus Professor John Sweeney's blog

Emeritus Professor John Sweeney-Blog post from Baku, Azerbaijan

Thursday, 28 November 2024

Dr. Yağmur Hortoğlu Grant organised and moderated a panel on the intersection between arbitration and criminal law during the Dublin International Arbitration Day.

The panel was composed of leading arbitration law practitioners such as Patricia Nacimiento (Herbert Freehills Smith, Frankfurt), Ahmed Abdel-Hakam (Volterra Fietta, London) and Utku Coşar (Arbitration Chambers, Istanbul & New York) and discussed the issues of money laundering in arbitration law, sham arbitrations, and fraudulent evidence in international arbitration.

Wednesday, 27 November 2024

Dr Cian Ó Concubhair participates on panel hosted by Senator Lynn Ruane.

As part of Canal Communities Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week November 2024 on Wednesday, 20th November 2024, 6-8pm in Richmond Barracks, Dr Cian Ó Concubhair, Maynooth University School of law and criminology, joined Senator Lynn Ruane, Janet O’Brien and Dr Marie Keenan, University College Dublin for a topic discussion on the issue of criminal justice and alternative approaches to violence and crime, titled Criminal Justice and Alternative Approaches.

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

Professor Aisling McMahon speaks at Cell 2024 conference

This international three-day conference brought together leading clinical, academic and industry speakers to discuss cutting-edge issues in the cell and gene therapy space. Professor McMahon took part in two conference sessions.

Monday, 25 November 2024

(L to R) Brid Ni Ghrainne, President Eeva Leinonen, Ian Marder, Aisling McMahon

The School of Law and Criminology is delighted to announce that our staff have been awarded three out of five of the Maynooth University wide awards for Research Achievement.

We are incredibly proud of our colleagues for their years of hard work and research output, and acknowledge to the teams that support them in Maynooth, amongst their international research networks, and their friends and supporters outside the university. All the staff and students of the School collectively make for a wonderful community.

Friday, 22 November 2024

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