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05 June 2025

Dr Ciara Smyth Chats With ‘The Fifth Court’ Podcast

Dr Ciara Smyth, Lecturer and LLM Director, School of Law, Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway

Cois Coiribe is delighted to highlight that University of Galway’s own Lecturer and LLM Director Dr Ciara Smyth sat down with Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL on their The Fifth Court podcast series. In the episode, she discusses her early experiences in post Pol Pot Cambodia, her time with UNHCR in Dublin, and further topics surrounding refugee and international protection systems.   Listen to the The Fifth Court podcast featuring Dr Ciara Smyth through any of the options below:   – The Fifth Court Website – Episode 120 – Spotify | The Fifth Court – Episode 120 – Apple Podcasts | The Fifth Court – Episode 120  

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In Focus
19 May 2025

In Conversation With Tom O’Malley: Law, Justice & a Life in the Courts (Part 2)

Mr Tom O'Malley, Retired Lecturer of Law at University of Galway, Senior Counsel, and Member of the Inner Bar of Ireland

In this two-part Cois Coiribe podcast, Dr Ciara Smyth, University of Galway and barrister and co-host of the Fifth Court podcast, Peter Leonard speak with Tom O’Malley—retired law lecturer from University of Galway, Senior Counsel, and member of the Inner Bar of Ireland. They explore his distinguished career, covering courtroom stories, legal reform, and his global perspective on justice.

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In Focus
14 May 2025

In Conversation With Tom O’Malley: Law, Justice & a Life in the Courts (Part 1)

Mr Tom O'Malley, Retired Lecturer of Law at University of Galway, Senior Counsel, and Member of the Inner Bar of Ireland

In this two-part Cois Coiribe podcast, Dr Ciara Smyth, University of Galway and barrister and co-host of the Fifth Court podcast, Peter Leonard speak with Tom O’Malley—retired law lecturer from University of Galway, Senior Counsel, and member of the Inner Bar of Ireland. They explore his distinguished career, covering courtroom stories, legal reform, and his global perspective on justice.

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04 July 2023

AI & Higher Education

Join Tom Felle and his guest Prof Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, President of NUI Galway in this edition of the Cois Coiribe Podcast – a series that explores major societal issues and the role that University of Galway Galway, and our global alumni network play in creating new knowledge, in research, in policy making and in problem solving. Here Prof Ó hÓgartaigh shares his views on the future of the university as concept, campus and community.

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Resilient Innovation
22 June 2023

In conversation with Prof Jim Doolin, Founder of the MBA at University of Galway

Join Gwen O Sullivan, Knowledge Transfer Executive, Innovation Office and her guest Prof Jim Doolin, Founder of the MBA at University of Galway in the Made in Galway edition of the Cois Coiribe Podcast – a series that explores major societal issues and the role that University of Galway, and our global alumni network play in creating new knowledge, in research, in policy making and in problem solving. Here Jim reflects on the evolution of the MBA from its origins to present day.

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13 December 2022

Creative Galway Podcast: Ikenna Anyabuike

University of Galway student, Ikenna Anyabuike, is an actor, writer, assistant dramaturg and one half of the musical duo, Armcandy. Ikenna was awarded the ‘Baptiste Programme’ with Smock Alley in 2022, as well as the ‘Axis Assemble 2022’ with Axis Ballymun. He also performs as part of an ensemble for the play ‘The Kinds of Sex You Might Have in College’ with Active* Consent.

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26 August 2022

On the Ground in Afghanistan
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Sustainability
17 June 2022

Experience the Most Biodiverse Campus in Ireland by Sound

Home to a mixture of important habitats, the University of Galway campus has been recognised as the most biodiverse university campus in Ireland. Nuala Ní Chonghaile joins Caitriona Carlin from University of Galway’s Ryan Institute and School of Natural Sciences, on a walk through the University of Galway Biodiversity Trail.

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AI & Human Creativity
20 December 2021

Will AI Help or Hinder Human Empowerment?

Murray Scott is joined by Bill Schmarzo, Data Management Innovation Customer Advocate, Dell Technologies & Honorary Professor in the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics at NUI Galway – in a discussion on the ethical issues surrounding AI and the importance of human creativity. Together, they identify what role NUI Galway can play in this Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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07 July 2021

Leading Minds: In conversation with Jonathan McCrea, Prof. William Wijns, Prof. Patrick Serruys and Prof. David Wood

Listen to Leading Minds: Expert Voices from the College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at NUI Galway on Spotify. Prof, William Wijns, Prof. Patrick Serruys and Prof. David Wood discuss everything from cardiovascular intervention, prevention and rehabilitation in Episode 1 of this new podcast series from the College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at NUI Galway, hosted by Jonathan McCrea.

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05 July 2021

Arts & Empathy – A Post-Covid, Civic Forcefield

In conversation Maureen Kennelly, Director, Arts Council of Ireland & Prof Patrick Lonergan, Drama & Theatre Studies, NUI Galway

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28 April 2021

NUI Galway – Strengthening Global Peace & Security
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28 April 2021

In conversation with Mike Ryan, Executive Director WHO
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28 April 2021

Key trends in Business and Innovation – the COVID-19 Effect
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28 April 2021

Cois Coiribe Podcast: Mary Harney – survivor and social justice activist

In this episode of our Cois Coiribe podcast, Law lecturer Dr Maeve O’Rourke sits down with NUI Galway alumna Mary Harney (MA 2013, LLM 2020). The tireless and beloved social justice activist shares wisdom she has gleaned from surviving institutional abuse as a child, a lifetime advocating for justice and her pursuit of education.

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28 April 2021

Cois Coiribe Podcast: Women in Sports and levelling the playing fields

This episode of our Cois Coiribe podcast delves into equality, diversity and inclusion when it comes to women in sport. Host Seán Crosson, lecturer and co-director of the MA in Sports Journalism and Communication at NUI Galway, teases out these burning issues with Clíona Foley, sports journalist and regular on Newstalk’s Off The Bench and Louise Toal, digital sports editor for Galway Pulse.

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14 January 2021

Literature, Narrative, and Covid-19

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14 January 2021

Webinar: Learning from pandemics: a century of experience

Learning from pandemics: a century of experience

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11 January 2021

Philosophy and the Pandemic: reasoning in unreasonable times

As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, fundamental philosophical questions have come into sharp focus. In this panel discussion, faculty members from the discipline of philosophy at NUI Galway will discuss a range of issues related to these times of change and uncertainty, including the role and rhetoric of expertise; “states of exception” and governance; the trust invested in decision-makers; the nature of goodwill in a moment of crisis; how we engage in reasoning about uncertainty and catastrophic outcomes; and the nature of nostalgia and how we (mis)remember the past.

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