A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Grant to NUIG disability law centre
The Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway has been awarded an EU Seventh Framework Programme grant worth €3.7 million to develop and lead a pan-European doctoral research project over four years.
The research will focus on finding practical ways of making the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities a reality for people with disabilities.
The grant will enable the centre to lead a network of six other leading disability policy research centres in Europe (including the Netherlands, UK, Norway, Spain and Iceland).
Several leading international disability research institutes will contribute to its work, including the Harvard law school’s project on disability.
Further information on the project is available at http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp
Moran retires from taxing master post
The High Court Taxing Master, Charles Moran, retired on Friday after serving more than 15 years in the position.
This followed a lengthy career in the Chief State Solicitor's Office, where he was head of civil litigation.
The chief executive of the Courts Service, Brendan Ryan, paid tribute to Mr Moran's professionalism and courtesy in the office, pointing out he had spent 42 years in the public service.
Commission to launch report on relationships
Minister for Equality, Integration and Human Rights Mary White will launch the Law Reform Commission's report on legal aspects of family relationships tomorrow. This follows on from the publication last year of its consultation paper on the same subject.
Book on women in prison just out
Irish Academic Press has just published
Inside: Ireland's Women's Prisons, past and present, by Christina Quinlan. It contains an in-depth study of women's experiences of imprisonment over the past 200 years, and includes photographs.
Running to 272 pages, it is published at €60 clothbound, €24.95 paperback.