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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Thanks to @jdamh.bsky.social & @aoifemod.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion of secrets and revelation in international law, chaired by our own Christiane Ahlborn, and comments from @mikebecker.bsky.social, @pearceclancy.bsky.social @suryaroy.bsky.social & ors
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David Kenny @dkennytcd.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Paperback is here and, to judge by its cover, it’s great! It can be yours for €37.50 including shipping if you want 2026 to be your year of law and literature!
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Huge thanks to @lsolum.bsky.social for ‘highly recommending’ my paper on living constitutionalism now available on SSRN. That’s made my day! The paper is part of a new Research Handbook on Constitutional Interpretation out now with Edward Elgar.
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Pearce Clancy @pearceclancy.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
10 days left to apply for the @tricondublin.bsky.social New Voices in International Law workshop! We already have some excellent looking submissions! Abstracts welcome from all early career researchers (broadly defined) based on the island of Ireland. Get in touch if you have any questions.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Congratulations to @tricondublin.bsky.social Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social on winning the Inner Temple (Main Author) Book Prize 2025, awarded triennially as a ‘major prize for outstanding authorship’.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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’.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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.
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Join us for a @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar on direct democracy in Hungary on Nov 5th at 5.30pm in TCD law School.
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ICON•S @icon-s.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
📢The 2026 ICON•S Annual Conference Call for Submissions is out! Join us in #Dublin from June 29 – July 1, 2026! Read the 🧵for details ⬇️
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
New publication by TriCON Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.socialcalled ‘Underuse of the Override’, now available on SSRN.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
TODAY! All welcome
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Ahmed Ellaboudy @aellaboudy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Join us for an ICON meets TriCON webinar on October 17th on the rationale and risks of referendums! Brilliant speakers, important topic. ICON GBIE @tricondublin.bsky.social
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Tomorrow Sept 16th 5.30pm @tcddublin.bsky.social: @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar with @hbirk.bsky.social on the rule of law in Germany.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
@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!
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Ahmed Ellaboudy @aellaboudy.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The Collaborative Constitution by @tricondublin.bsky.social Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social is out now in paperback @cambup-law.cambridge.org
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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!
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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!
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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.
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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....
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Aileen Kavanagh, The Collaborative Constitution (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023)
Aileen Kavanagh's The Collaborative Constitution takes as its starting point a fundamental question: 'Who should protect rights in a democracy, and how?' (14).
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Donal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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.
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…
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Congratulations to @tricondublin.bsky.social member Dr Andrea Mulligan who became a Fellow of @tcddublin.bsky.social today.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
On Weds April 30th, the Irish Jurisprudence Society will host a symposium about The Collaborative Constitution by Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social with comments by @conorcrummey.bsky.social, Dr Mariana Velasco-Rivera & Daniel Gilligan supported by @maynoothlaw.bsky.social
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
On May 1st, @tricondublin.bsky.social members Prof @dkennytcd.bsky.social and Dr Róisín Costello will speak at this legal humanities symposium on Antigone and Ireland at the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Great discussion about the links between crisis and constitutional social rights today at @tricondublin.bsky.social. Thanks to Dr @mariakotsoni.bsky.social for a terrific paper and Dr Hilary Hogan for insightful comments.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
TODAY 2pm
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Great to connect with friends, colleagues & PhD researchers at @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social for this seminar on research methods - the first of many ‘methods mixers and masterclasses’ across the Dublin area, we hope. Thanks to @benedettalobina.bsky.social & @profccostello.bsky.social for organising.
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Great to welcome Dr Paulina Konca to @tricondublin.bsky.social for her talk on dynamic statutory interpretation in comparative perspective, using Ireland, Poland and Spain as case-studies.
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Join us tomorrow March 26th at 1pm for a @tricondublin.bsky.social lunchtime seminar with Dr Paulina Konca, University of Silesia, Poland, who will talk about statutory interpretation in Ireland, Poland and Spain.
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Tom Hickey @tomhickeydcu.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Hickey, "How to Interpret the Irish Constitution" (Irish Sup Ct Review, 2023) is now on SSRN. It gets a "recommended" from @lsolum, who says: "Fascinating discussion, with echoes of American debates over originalism and living constitutionalism." See lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/...
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Hickey on Interpreting the Irish Constitution
Tom Hickey (Dublin City University) has posted How to Interpret the Irish Constitution: Tomas Heneghan v Minister for Housing on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper explores the judgment of Murray ...
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Maria Kotsoni @mariakotsoni.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Looking forward to presenting my work on crises and social rights at @tricondublin.bsky.social!
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Join us on March 31st for a @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar where Dr Maria Kotsoni @Princeton will talk about ‘Crises as Drivers of Change in Fundamental Social Rights in the EU’. Dr Hilary Hogan (TCD Law School) will be discussant & Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social will chair.
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Looking forward to talking about The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.bsky.social at L’Institut Maurice Hauriou at the Université Toulouse Capitole this Friday March 21st. Thanks to Prof @mathieucarpentier.bsky.social for the invite!
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Benedetta Lobina @benedettalobina.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Calling all PhDs in Dublin (and beyond)! On March 27, @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social will have the pleasure to welcome Professor @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social for a PhD mixer and methodology masterclass🎓 More info below👇
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Great discussion last night on written and unwritten constitutionalism with Lord Sales (UKSC), Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell & Mr Justice Gerard Hogan (Irish Supreme Court) and Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social @tricondublin.bsky.social
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TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Just us for this exciting event with Lord Sales of the UK Supreme Court tomorrow March 11th at 5pm in @tcddublin.bsky.social
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