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		<title>McMahon on Judging</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent a lot of today at the Law Student Colloquium which I mentioned in my previous post; and it was a great deal of fun. The day culminated with the First Annual Brian Lenihan Memorial Address, delivered by former academic and retired judge Bryan McMahon (above left), on the topic of 
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Judging.
 He told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Council of State and the recusal of judges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two very different stories in the media over the last few days have coalesced in my mind over the weekend. The first story is the announcement by the President of seven appointments to the Council of State. The second is the debate in the US about the recusal of Supreme Court Justices from forthcoming challenges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better angels, undesirable devils, and the judicial pay amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this evening, I did an interview on The Last Word with Matt Cooper on Today fm concerning next Thursday&#8217;s referendum to amend the Constitution to add a mechanism to allow judges&#8217; salaries to be reduced. The arguments in favour of the principle are very strong: as a matter of fairness and balance, when other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge dread</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, I loved the comic 2000AD, and one of its leading characters was Judge Dredd (pictured left). We never saw underneath his helmet&#8217;s visor because &#8211; with his catchphrase &#8220;I am the law&#8221; (echoed by Lord Thurlow LC in The Madness of King George) &#8211;  he represents the impartiality and facelessness of justice. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retention of DNA, and the effect of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in today&#8217;s Daily Telegraph raises important issues relating to the retention of the DNA of innocent persons by the police in both the UK and Ireland. It also raises profound questions as to the effect of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in domestic law. 
According to the Telegraph:
The [UK's] Coalition [...]]]></description>
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