Michael Williams

Michael Williams worked as a solicitor for thirty years and as a mediator for fourteen. He is author of two books: "Mediation" (Poolbeg Press ,1998) and “Serving the People? The need for reform in the Irish legal system” (Liffey Press 2013). He is a husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

Unenumerated Constitutional Rights Erode Irish Democracy

When the Federal Convention of 1878 had completed its work on the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin described its result as, “A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it”. Not much later, John Philpot Curran gave a similar warning, now usually summarised as “Vigilance is the price of liberty”. Each was saying that a … Read more

An Open Letter to the Irish Supreme Court in Response to the Angela Kerins Decision

To My Fellow-Citizens in the Supreme Court, I write this letter because I think your decision in the Angela Kerins case creates a crisis in the government of this country. It will be critical of that decision and of some decisions of your predecessors, but please do not react to it defensively, or reject it … Read more

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