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Restitution in EU law

From the excellent ECJblog, I discover a fascinating case about the principles of restitution in EU law (emphasis added): Case C-470/08, Kornelis van Dijk v Kampen Since 1982, Mr van Dijk had Continue Reading

Traffic Data Retention, Irish-style, returns to the legislative agenda

The Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2009, published last week, has caused a bit of a stir in this morning's newspapers. It will give effect to EU Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC of 15 Continue Reading

Mandatory retirement, again

In my last post, I mentioned that the question of the compatibility of mandatory retirement ages with EU law was pending before the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The Court has now handed down its Continue Reading

Data retention ironies

I can't make up my mind whether it's ironic or not that the European Court of Justice has upheld the Data Retention Directive on Safer Internet Day. I'll let Digital Rights Ireland tell the Continue Reading

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Yours trulyHi there! Thanks for dropping by. I'm Eoin O'Dell, and this is my blog: Cearta.ie - the Irish for rights.

"Cearta" really is the Irish word for rights, so the title provides some sense of the scope of this blog. In general, I write about private law, free speech, and cyber law; and, in particular, I write about Irish law and education policy.

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