Irish Penal Reform Trust

The Irish Times - legal analysis

8th July 2013

In a legal analysis piece published in today's Irish Times, Remy Farrell SC outlines the issues of proportionality and clarity arising from a recent UK court judgment which may have implications for the Spent Convictions Bill 2012 in Ireland.

Remy Farrell SC was a speaker at a recent IPRT event, 'Breaking the Record - Moving On?' which looked at these and other issues around Garda Vetting and the lack of a 'spent convictions' scheme in Ireland. Read the presentations here.

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