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In November 2022, 19 academics from universities across Indonesia arrived in UL to undertake a two month bridging programme, funded by the Indonesian Ministry of Education

Our colleague Dr. Ann Marcus Quinn contributed to the Irish Times with an article about rising school costs as secondary schools are now requesting compulsory digital hardware to aid in education.

Lumen, The Music of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: A Celebration of the Light, will take place at the University Concert Hall (UCH) in Limerick, on Saturday September 3rd and will celebrate the music of the late Professor of Music and founder/Director of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.

Eoin Quill from the School of Law has recently published an article in the Irish Supreme Court Review, a leading peer-reviewed legal journal which considers judgments from the Irish Supreme Court. His article is entitled ' A Discussion of Damage and A Conversation on Limitations: Cantrell v Allied Irish Banks Plc [2022]'.

The article is available on Claurus Press.

On Monday 11th July 2022, Dr Ger Coffey, Lecturer in Law and member of the Centre for Crime, Justice, and Victim Studies, presented a paper entitled ‘Assessing the Contours of the Entrapment Defence in the Criminal Law’ at the Annual International Conference on Law organised by the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece.

Irish World Academy students are currently presenting a summer radio series on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. Students were guided and mentored by Áine Hensey (renowned RnaG broadcaster) and Máire Ní Ghráda (Léann na Gaeilge, UL) . Éist siar le scoth an cheoil ar chlár 1 le Kate Reilly https://rte.ie/radio/rnag/ar-bhruach-na-sionainne/ Liam Broderick a chuirfidh clár an lae amárach i láthair.

Dr Lydia Bracken’s Irish Research Council funded New Foundations project, LGBTI+ Parent Families in Ireland: Legal Recognition of Parent-Child Relationships features on the Irish Research Council #LoveIrishResearch Blog in June.

On Thursday 23rd June 2022, the recommendations of the Complementarity in International Criminal Law Committee on positive complementarity were adopted at the 80th Biennial Conference of the International Law Association in Lisbon. Dr Ger Coffey, Lecturer in Law and Course Director LLM/MA in Human Rights in Criminal Justice is the Irish member of the Complementarity in International Criminal Law Committee of the International Law Association

A report by the Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice research group on was launched yesterday 23rd June at the University of Limerick.

The Ireland Funds has presented Prof Joseph O’Connor with The American Ireland Funds AWB Vincent Literary Award at a ceremony in Killarney as part of The Ireland Funds Worldwide Conference last night on the 16th June, in recognition of his contribution to literature in Ireland.

New addition of The Irish Judicial Studies Journal released