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Alice Broughton
· February 06, 2025 12:26 PM
As you may have already heard, Maria McCloskey recently became Executive Director at Irish Rule of Law International. Following her appointment last December, she kindly agreed to answer a few questions for us.

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Irli
· September 16, 2024 2:41 PM

On this month’s show, we discuss how principles related to the rule of law will be the primary drivers in the shift towards cleaner technologies and a healthier environment, in a lively conversation with Irish professor, Raphael Heffron.
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Athanasios Anagnostopoulos
· December 21, 2023 11:58 AM
The EU Commission, the EU Parliament and the EU Council agree to prevent environmental harm through criminal law.

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Irli
· October 05, 2023 9:16 AM

Our guest on Horsehair Wigs this month is Maud Sarliève, Human Rights and International Criminal Lawyer advocating for creative legal thinking to mitigate climate change and protect the environment. Maud explains ecocide, a newly proposed international crime.
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Irli
· September 04, 2023 9:21 AM

On our show this month, we speak to Gearóid Ó Cuinn, who teaches transnational human rights litigation at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Galway and who is head of the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN).
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Irli
· January 04, 2022 7:00 AM
In the latest in our series, profiling Irish and Northern Irish lawyers and jurists who have worked abroad, or are working abroad, we spoke with Una Wright, an environmental lawyer, who grew up in Ballina in County Mayo. Una works as a Lawyer with the Departmental Solicitor’s Office (DSO) in Northern Ireland, advising the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), particularly on Brexit related matters. Una has been working in the environmental field for 9 years after returning to education to study for a masters in environmental law and sustainable development. Prior to this, she worked in a number of other legal roles in Dublin, New York and Melbourne.

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Irli
· November 06, 2021 11:27 AM
Over the last two weeks, we’ve been highlighting climate change and sustainability issues and their relevance to the legal sector, to coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26 which enters its final days in the UK.

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Irli
· November 06, 2021 11:23 AM
To coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, which is entering its second week in the UK, we’re continuing our focus on climate change and sustainability issues and their relevance to the legal community, especially to young lawyers entering the profession.

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· November 04, 2021 6:00 AM
Continuing with our focus on climate change and sustainability issues to coincide with the UN Climate Conference, COP26, in the UK, today we wanted to discuss the contemporary data-driven lawyer and its relevance to climate change.

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