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Two Galwegians, Tom O’Malley and Donncha O’Connell, both academics at NUI Galway, have been appointed to the Law Reform Commission.

NUI Galway law lecturer Donncha O’Connell has been appointed by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter to the State’s new Legal Aid Board.

He may have been immortalised as being ‘rocking in the Dáil for us’ by The Saw Doctors, but come the near future the Tuam troubadours may have to do a new version to have him ‘rocking in the Áras for us’ if Michael D Higgins achieves his goal and becomes the ninth resident of Ireland. The 70-year-old former TD and minister for arts, culture and Gaeltacht is currently out on the campaign trail pushing his vision for the presidency of the State and the future of the country.

The Republic of Ireland stands at a crossroads, not only economically, but in terms of what it stands for, its values, and the entire make up of its political system and Constitution.

NUI, Galway lecturer and former dean of the faculty of law, Donncha O’Connell has become the latest person from Galway to stand for election to Seanad Éireann.

NUI Galway’s Free Legal Advice Centre, run in conjunction with the NUIG Law Society, will be launched on Monday January 18.