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Irish Treaty Series

This treaty database, maintained by the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ireland, contains entries for all instruments published in the Irish Treaty Series since 1930. Records are typically composed of the ITS number, the title of the agreement, the parties, whether it was bilateral or multilateral, the date signed and the date in force. Full-text PDFs are available for all the treaties since 1998, however only a limited number of treaties prior to this include the full text.

Tech Law Blog

A blog written by law professionals from A&L Goodbody LLP, detailing current affairs concerning intellectual property and technology law in judicial, government and legislative bodies in Ireland. Information such as judgments, appointment announcements, and commentaries on intellectual property and technology law are available, as well as posts containing updates on access to material. For instance, publications of acts are announced along with links and short summaries. No registration required, and available in English only.

Cearta.ie

Law blog by Dr Eoin O’Dell, Fellow and Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin law school. Covers topics including contract, restitution, freedom of expression, media, intellectual property and IT/internet law. Discusses newsworthy Irish law matters, but is otherwise not confined to writing about the law of O’Dell’s home jurisdiction.

Laws of Botswana

Website providing access to Botswana legislation. This is a subscription site provided by Blackhall publishing. The aim is to offer subscribers principle and subsidiary legislation in force, fully consolidated and annotated. The laws are available back to 1890 and can be browsed alphabetically or by date and searched by keyword. The contents of the acts and some extracts are free to view.

Brexit Legal (An Irish Guide)

Brexit Legal is a guide for Irish businesses, compiled by Irish law firm, McMahon Legal. It covers customs procedures and forms, rules of origin, free movement and the EU customs code. There is a section on Brexit issues relating to Northern Ireland and background information on EU law and EU institutions.

Irish Innocence Project

Website of the Irish Innocence Project, based at the Law School at Griffith College in Dublin. The Project’s aim is to assist people who believe they have been the victim of a miscarriage of justice and who have exhausted other legal remedies Their cases are investigated by law students under the supervision of qualified solicitors and barristers. There are free articles to download and a blog giving updates on the project and recent cases.

House of Oireachtas

The website of the National Parliament (Oireachtas) of Ireland. The Houses of Oireachtas consists of the President and two Houses: Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives) and Seanad Éireann (the Senate). The website contains information about the House of Oireachtas and parliamentary business including online debates, bills and legislation, questions and information on its committees. Other features include educational material, a live streaming service, research publications and information on parliamentary inquiries. Text is available in English or Gaelic.

LegalCitation.ie

This website makes available a citation system for Irish law, called OSCOLA Ireland. Released in August 2011, it was developed by Irish academics and is based on the Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). OSCOLA Ireland may be downloaded from the website as a pdf file. It covers abbreviations, cases, legislation, books, articles, online sources and other materials. It also gives guidance on presentation, punctuation and cross-referencing. The site provides a quick reference guide and FAQs.

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