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Between the Lines: 04/11/2012

admin November 6, 2012

Presenter Dermot Brangan was joined in the studio by presenters turned guests, Heidi Bedell, Bronwen Maher, Keith Redmond and Ger Dorgan. We discussed the imprisonment of Sean Quinn, the upcoming Children’s Referendum, and Public Sector Increments. Keith’s article on Public Sector Increments…

Barristers Andrew Robinson and Peter Leonard present The Brief, legal current affairs show.

admin November 2, 2012

Barristers Andrew Robinson and Peter Leonard present The Brief, legal current affairs show. Your presenters look at the week’s legal headlines, including; – Sean Quinn’s spot of bother – The prejudicial Anglo Irish Bank puppet – Google losing a landmark defamation…

The Brief: Thursday 25th Oct 2012

admin October 26, 2012

Presenters Andrew Robinson and Peter Leonard look at the stories making legal news including; Melanie Verwoerd’s corrections and clarifications, The revenue commissioner who used confidential revenue files to attempt to spice up his sex life, Cheap booze in Scotland, Frankie Boyle is…

The Brief: Thursday 11th October, ‘The Academics Show’

admin October 12, 2012

Tonight, we drew deep from the well of the academy to find our guests which include; Professor Sandeep Gopalan, Professor of Law and Head of the Law Department in NUI Maynooth, Arthur Cox Fellow of Law in Trinity College Dublin Gerard Downey,…

The Brief 12th July

admin July 13, 2012

Barristers Andrew Robinson and Peter Leonard present The Brief, weekly legal current affairs show. Guests this week: David Nolan SC, Chairman Elect of the Bar Council in his first radio interview since his appointment, tells Andrew that the Bar Council want to…

The Brief 5th July 2012

admin July 6, 2012

Your hosts barristers Andrew Robinson and Peter Leonard discuss cheating leaving certificate students and Barclays bankers. Drew Nelson Grand Secretary of the Orange Order talks to Andrew Robinson about his appearance in the Seanad this week. We ask if there is any…

The Brief 28th June

admin June 29, 2012

The panel look at; The US Supreme Court decisions in Miller v Alabama and Obama’s ACA case, Sean Quinn’s troubles, Fred Forsey and corruption, and, harsh treatment of children in Israel and the USA.

The Brief 21st June, 2012

admin June 22, 2012

On The Brief, presenters Andrew Robinson and Peter Leonard look at; sentences handed down this week in sex assault and rape cases, including a terminally ill man being sent to jail to end his days. Adam Clayton, Evictions,a prisoner released to commit…

The Brief 14th June 2012

admin June 15, 2012

Barristers Andrew Robinson and Peter Leonard discuss; the recent Court President nominations, anti-swearing legislation, solicitor David O’Shea’s conviction for theft, the challenge to Thomas McFeely’s UK bankruptcy by lay litigant Theresa McGuinness, and the very severe sentence handed out to first time…

The Brief 7th June

admin June 13, 2012

On The Brief; Sarah Reid barrister and author on the PIP implant issue. The latest appointment to the bench. Dr. Claire Murray University College Cork on necessary reform in Guardianship laws. Solicitor and partner in Sheehan Partners on search warrants and the…

The Brief 24th May 2012

admin May 25, 2012

Paddy Prendiville editor of the Phoenix Magazine talks about political influence on judicial appointments. Paul Joyce Senior Policy Advisor with FLAC talks to Andrew Robinson about the mortgage arrears crisis. Solicitor Michael Finucane talk to Andrew about the enquiry into the murder…

The Brief Thursday 17th May, 2012

admin May 21, 2012

Mark Tottenham and Andrew Robinson barristers look at; Judge Coleridge and the sanctity of marriage, legal fees in the Fr. Reynolds case, valium importing and Deputy Pringle’s challenge to the European Stability Mechanism. The panel tonight is John Gore Grimes, solicitor and…