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Dr. Ian Marder addresses Irish National Judicial Conference
On Friday 15th November 2019, the Committee for Judicial Studies invited Dr. Ian Marder to deliver a plenary presentation to the Irish judiciary at their annual national conference. The aim of the conference, which took place at Dublin Castle, was to increase judicial...
Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change organises design thinking workshop in collaboration with Department of Justice and Equality, Probation Service and Mi:Lab
On Wednesday August 21st 2019, the Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C) team organised a one-day workshop. Hosted by the Probation Service, and facilitated by Trevor Vaugh from Maynooth University’s Mi:Lab and Department of Design Innovation, the...
Strategy for the development of restorative justice in Ireland published
Irish project partners (from left to right): Tim Chapman (Ulster University); Ursula Fernée (Probation Service); Dr. Ian Marder (Maynooth University). Not pictured: Dr. Kieran O’Dwyer (Kennedy Institute Peacebuilding Group). In June, the Irish partners of the new...
Maynooth hosts first meeting of international partners for new restorative justice project
On 25/26 April, Maynooth University Department of Law hosted the launch of a new European project, Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C). The purpose of the project is to bring together large stakeholder groups in each participating country, responsible...
100 criminal justice stakeholders visit Maynooth to discuss the implementation of restorative justice in Ireland
On Friday March 1st, around 100 people gathered at Maynooth University to participate in a vibrant one-day symposium on the development of restorative justice in the Irish criminal justice system. Attendees included senior and frontline representatives of An Garda...