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The legacy of world-renowned human rights lawyer and scholar, the late Professor Kevin Boyle, endures at NUI Galway with the launch of his personal archive on Friday, 28 November by the Attorney General, Máire Whelan, S.C. The archive contains a wealth of material and unique insights into the field of human rights, legal research and scholarship.

Galway West TD Derek Nolan is to host a marriage equality event in the Harbour Hotel next Monday,(Nov 3) ahead of a planned referendum on the issue next spring.

Professor William Schabas, honorary chairman of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway, has been appointed to a new UN Commission of Inquiry charged with investigating purported violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and particularly in the Gaza Strip, since the conflict began on June 13.

Judge John Neilan has made a deliberate bad order to provoke a judicial review into what he claims are inconsistencies in drink-driving legislation.