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Legally Fond
The podcast which makes law simple. In each episode, Pierce, Alex and Gavin tell the story of a significant legal case, discussing the personalities, the courtroom drama and the implications...
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20 of 43 episodesWest Cork - Speaking to Ian Bailey's Defence Solicitor
In the final episode of Legally Fond, Gavin speaks to Frank Buttimer, the solicitor of Ian Bailey. Ian was a suspect in the 1996 murder of S...
The Mahon Tribunal - Corruption in Irish Politics
In this week’s episode the team explain and discuss the functions of tribunals. How do they differ from regular courts of law? What protecti...
Having Their Cake And Eating It - The Gay Cake Case
In this week’s episode, Gavin, Pierce and Alex discuss the UK Supreme Court judgment in Lee v Ashers Baking Company. This case, known colloq...
The Irishman Whose Case Got Uber Drivers Recognised As Workers
"We didn't change the law, we didn't make the law. All we did was assert the law." In this week's episode of Legally Fond, yo...
Should All Political Parties Get Equal Airtime?
This week on Legally Fond, Pierce, Gavin and Alex tackle the topic of impartial political coverage by RTE by examining the case of Coughlan...
The Not So Smooth Criminal
We discuss the case of a man who left his car unattended on Dublin's Talbot Street with the engine running. The car was subsequently st...
Doctor Knows Best - Jehova's Witnesses and Blood Transfusions
In this week’s episode of Legally Fond the team look at a case concerning a High Court decision to allow a blood transfusion to be administe...
Modern Monopolies: The EU Takes on Google
We discuss the European Commission decision on Google's comparison shopping service. How will this affect the big tech firms and is bre...
Don't Stop The Leavin' - Calculated Grades in Court
In this week’s episode of Legally Fond, the team discuss the recent High Court challenge to the Leaving Certificate system of calculated gra...
Rock on, Rockall
In this week’s episode of Legally Fond, the team discuss Rockall – a small, uninhabited islet in the north Atlantic but the subject of much...
Go Green Or Go Home - Friends of The Irish Environment
In the flagship episode of season three, we discuss the seminal Supreme Court decision in the recent environmental case ‘Friends of the Iris...
Champagne Football - The Gospel According to John (Delaney)
In March 2019, Sunday Times Journalist Mark Tighe returned to his desk and found two documents waiting for him. One was a photocopy of a che...
Season Three Is Coming!
Legally Fond is returning for a third season, starting on Wednesday 24th February. You’ll hear about how one of the biggest names in Irish f...
€13 Billion - An Apple A Day Keeps The Taxman Away
Earlier this year, the General Court of the European Union found against the European Commission in the so-called 'Apple tax case'...
El Presidente - What Does The Irish President Actually Do?
Although many consider the Irish Presidency a largely ceremonial role, one significant constitutional power which the President has is the r...
All I Want For Christmas Is EU - Crotty's Case
It is an oddity of Irish politics that in 2001, when nearly 53% of voters opted to reject the EU's Nice Treaty, the Irish Government tr...
Wigs at War - The Judge Who Cried 'Woulfe'
A week on from Chief Justice Frank Clarke's publication of his correspondence with Seamus Woulfe, we discuss what has happened since an...
The Robots Are Coming - Regulating AI
Artificial intelligence is revolutionising how we do business. With its countless opportunities, it also presents risks. To what extent will...
Wigs at War - Trouble In The Supreme Court
The controversy trundles on over the attendance of Supreme Court Justice Seamus Woulfe's attendance at the Oireachtas Golf Society dinn...