Law

Contact Details

Title	Professor (Scale 2)
Address	Law University College Cork Cork Ireland
Telephone:	+353-21-490-3000
Fax:	+353 21 490 3000
Email:	ei.ccu@hganodcm.m
Homepage:	Web Page
Address	Law Faculty of Law University College Cork
Telephone:	+353 21 490 3000
Email:	ei.ccu@hganodcm.m

Biography:

Professor Maeve McDonagh is a graduate of the National University of Ireland Galway (B.A., LL.B., Dip. Sys. An.) and of Monash University, Australia (LL.M) and was awarded the LL.D degree on published work by the National University of Ireland in 2003. She is a qualified solicitor who has worked both in private practice and as a local government lawyer.  She has taught law at National University of Ireland Galway (1982 - 1985), La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (1986 - 1991) and University College Cork (1991 to date; Dean of the Faculty and Head of the Department of Law at University College Cork: 2002 - 2003). She has been a visiting researcher at the University of Melbourne, at La Trobe University, Melbourne and at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. Professor McDonagh is author of Freedom of Information Law (Thomson Round Hall, 2nd ed., 2006, 597p), Cyber Law (Irish Monograph) (with L. Crowley) (International Encyclopaedia of Laws Series, Kluwer Law, 2006); and Disability Discrimination Law in the United States, Australia, and Canada (with G. Quinn and C. Kimber) (Oak Tree Press, 1993). She has published papers and presented seminars on FOI, data protection and related issues in a range of jurisdictions. Professor McDonagh has undertaken FOI consultancy in Ireland and the UK, including advising agencies on issues of FOI implementation, advising both applicants and agencies on FOI appeals and providing  training to a range of organisations, both private and public sector. She has also provided advice to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on human rights and information law matters. Professor McDonagh has also participated in a range of EU funded projects.  In 2007, Professor McDonagh was appointed to the inaugural Press Council of Ireland and in early 2008, she was elected Deputy Chair of the Press Council. Her terms as both member of the Press Council and Deputy Chair were renewed in 2010.