This article draws on the “substantive landscape” to illustrate the non-innocence of the term “community” used in international law to denote groups with collective and place-based rights in land. ...

The evolving landscapes for Judicial Review in Ireland, and for the rule of law, International Law & Human Rights at an International level

Why are a number of centrist Irish politicians suddenly aligning their views on nuclear with the US and European far right?

Dalradian Gold wants to mine minerals worth an estimated €30bn in Co Tyrone area of natural beauty

Current State policy embeds fossil gas at the heart of the data centre sector’s growth

This article explores the links between extractivism, specifically mining, and militarism with a focus on the Irish context.

An Taoiseach, Mr. Micheál Martin TD Department of the Taoiseach Government Buildings Merrion Street Dublin 2 A Thaoisigh, On behalf of the undersigned academics and university workers we write to rei...

Published in Landscape Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Barbuda, a small Caribbean country, won a significant legal victory before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on 27th February 2024. The Court’s ruling, that Barbudans without a direct (ow...

Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…

NEW YORK - Access to affordable, well-located and serviced land is at the heart of realising the right to adequate housing, a UN expert said today.“The global housing crisis cannot be addressed withou...

In this episode, I speak with Dr Amy Strecker, Associate Professor at the Sutherland School of Law in UCD and one of the volunteer expert witnesses supporting the Public Inquiry into goldmining in the...

Jamie McLoughlin Introduction It has by now been well established that Ireland – like the rest of the world – is facing grave climate and biodiversity crises. Indeed, the Dáil declared a climate an…

Christie Nicoson There is a notable gender imbalance in climate decision-making, with only around 20% of countries sending women to the United Nations climate negotiations,[1] and court decisions h…

The energy giant has announced its strategy after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.