Dublin Law and Politics Review

How do the EU and its member states respond to "illegal" immigration? Are readmission agreements successful? In this episode, Elsa Fernando Gonzalo discusses her research on EU's informal migrant readmission deals with third countries. 

Are minority language speakers impacted when to comes to accessing their right to a fair trial? How are they treated by the justice system? What laws protect their human rights? PhD candidate Gearóidín McEvoy explains her research in this area, specifically concerning Irish and Irish Sign Language speakers.

The controversial trade deal known as CETA or the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement has become an issue in the Irish government recently. Many are questioning the impact ratifying this deal would have in Ireland. Barry Finnegan, a senior lecturer at Griffith College discusses the problems with the Investor Court System in CETA.

In this episode, we talk with Hasmik Grigoryan, a PhD research at Dublin City University, about her research on the political positions of Armenian political parties towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as how they have evolved over the last three decades. We also discuss the difficulties in conducting archival research.

Violence organisations have been using visuals for years to recruit people to join their forces. This applies to both legal and illegal violence organisations. This week on the Dublin Law and Politics Review podcast, Sheelagh Brady, a former Garda Sargent and a former senior security analyst, delves into her PhD research on comparing recruitment videos of legal and illegal violence organisations. She discloses the similarities found, the cues and myths the videos pander to and what she has found so far, in an effort to answer how and why people join these organisations.

In this week's episode, we talk with Miraji Mohamed, a PhD researcher at Dublin City University about her research on how Kenya has been tackling various forms of violent extremism. For further insights, you may read Miraji's recent article on Kenya's War on Terror.

What does it mean to be a citizen of Abkhazia, South Ossetia or any other de facto state? Are the people living in such territories stateless? What are some of the precarious situations they are faced with? In this episode, Ramesh Ganohariti, a PhD student from Dublin City University, shares his research on Citizenship in post-Soviet de facto States. Ramesh's research is funded by the Irish Research Council.

If you're confused about the controversy surrounding the AstraZeneca vaccine contract and the EU, don't worry, you are not the only one. Should the EU be given vaccines produced in the UK? Does the UK's contract take priority over the EU's? What happens if the EU sues AstraZeneca? Dr Eoin O'Dell, an associate professor at Trinity College Dublin explains all in this episode.

Dr Brian Barry, Lecturer at the Technological University Dublin and Caoimhe Kiernan discuss Dr Barry’s new book, ‘How Judges Judge: Empirical Insights into Judicial Decision-Making’, the idea of ‘perfect justice’, and some insights on the future of judging in Ireland.

Why does FIFA not allow the participation of some national teams? How many national football teams are there? What is the relationship between football & politics? Here is our latest episode, where we discuss the above questions, with this week's guest Sasha Düerkop.

CONIFA: Football for the Forgotten: The Untold Story of Football’s Alternate World Cup by James Hendicott

Forgotten Nations: The Incredible Stories of Football in the Shadows by Chris Deeley.

One Football No Nets by Justin Walley.