ICEL and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will co-host its Annual Environmental Law Enforcement Conference on 4 December 2026

The Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will co-host the annual Environmental Law Enforcement Conference during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The conference will take place on Friday, 4 December 2026, 10am-5pm, at Chartered Accountants House, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. It will also be livestreamed.

Convened by Dr Tom Ryan (EPA) and Prof Áine Ryall (ICEL / University College Cork), the conference will provide a forum to consider significant new developments in environmental law and policy. The topics to be examined will include climate law and policy, the impact of EU and international law, accelerating infrastructure and the emerging challenges and opportunities in environmental governance and regulation.

The keynote address will be delivered by Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and founding member of the Elders.

The contributors include:

Mr Justice Anthony M Collins Court of Appeal and President, Irish Centre for European Law

Dr Eimear Cotter Director General, Environmental Protection Agency

Judge Suzanne Kingston General Court of the European Union and Professor, UCD Sutherland School of Law

Oonagh Buckley Secretary General of the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Ms Justice Marie Baker Chair, An Coimisiún Toghcháin and retired judge of the Supreme Court

Mr Justice Frank Clarke President, Law Reform Commission

Liam Cashman former senior expert, DG Environment, European Commission

Tom Flynn SC Chair, Planning, Environmental & Local Government Bar Association (PELGBA)

Dr Orla Kelleher Assistant Professor, Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology.

Further details, including the full list of contributors and the conference programme, will be available shortly.

For general enquiries about this conference, please contact icel@tcd.ie or visit our website www.icel.ie (http://www.icel.ie)

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