New video in my Coffee Time Constitutional Law Series: How the British King Lost His Power. In this video, I explain the UK's evolution into a constitutional monarchy and the pivotal clashes between the Crown and Parliament in the 1600s. youtu.be/xIrRjPdgAQg?si…

Immigrant here. Don't vote Labour.

If you look at the parliamentary debates from 1937 on the new office of president of Ireland, ironically many of the opposition deputies were afraid it would morph into a dictatorship. The opposite happened, with it becoming even less significant in reality than on paper

New video in my Coffee Time Constitutional Law Series: Conventions youtu.be/1D8vmYK-9OY?si…

A good journalist would challenge Heather Humphreys on why she supports the Special Criminal Court given that both majority and minority reports called for its replacement. #Aras25

Gentle reminder…the Special Criminal Court was opposed trenchantly and for compelling reasons by Mary Robinson before she became President; its continued existence has been criticised by the UN Human Rights Committee, UN Special Rapporteurs, the Irish Human Rights & …

yet more controversy for Catherine Connolly as she agrees with multiple former Irish presidents, Amnesty International, and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties

New video out now in my Coffee Time Constitutional Law series: Constitutional Statutes. youtu.be/4dE584AcqEo?si…

Conference on public interest litigation and access to justice organised by ⁦University of Galway Law⁩ on 14th & 15th November 2025. Link to full conference schedule and registration portal will go live later today:

Barbara Pym for President

I actually think these kinds of smear campaigns are counter-productive. They don't come across as very "presidential." People are looking st FG and Heather Humphreys and asking whether this kind of attack is becoming of a President. #Aras25

Alan Greene They seem utterly incapable of making a compelling case for ‘President Humphreys’ and are resorting to the debased option of denigrating their opponent who happens to have a commanding lead. It’s a horribly derivative tactic from the best democracy that money can buy, the US.

I would love to know know what Fine Gael think about their Cabinet colleague Jim O'Callaghan representing Gerry Adams. #Áras25 extra.ie/2020/02/07/new…

Just finished catching up on the first few episodes of #CelebrityTraitors and after that first banishment, they're all in need of some unconscious bias training.