The Council and Staff of FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) invites you to the FLAC Annual Justice Lecture 2025 in memory of Dave Ellis.
Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Daniel O’Connell, Professor Colm O’Cinneide will deliver the FLAC Justice Lecture 2025 alongside a reading by Stephen Rea of excerpts from Daniel O’Connell’s speeches.
6:00pm on Monday, 8th December 2025 at the King’s Inns, Constitution Hill, Dublin 7.
Irish Sign Language interpretation will be provided. Please let us know if you require any other assistance or accommodations. The lecture will be followed by a reception. Pre-Registration is essential.
Tickets may be requested here.
While there is no charge to attend the lecture, we would ask that you consider making a donation of €10 when registering as a contribution towards the cost of the event.
About Colm Ó Cinnéide
Colm Ó Cinnéide is Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law at University College London (UCL). A graduate of University College Cork and King's Inns, he has published extensively in the fields of comparative constitutional, human rights and anti-discrimination law - being the co-author of amongst other books Discrimination Law: Theory & Context (Sweet & Maxwell: 2008) and Irish Popular Sovereignty from a Domestic and Comparative Perspective (Routledge, 2021).
He was from 2006-16 a member of the European Committee on Social Rights of the Council of Europe (serving as Vice-President of the Committee from 2010-4), and since 2008 has been a member of the academic advisory board of Blackstone Chambers in London. He has also acted as specialist legal adviser to the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Women & Equalities Committee of the UK Parliament, as well as a range of national and international organisations including the International Labour Organisation and the European Commission. In 2024, he was nominated by the Government of Ireland as a candidate for the European Court of Human Rights, and his work has been cited by the Court of Justice of the EU and the Irish Supreme Court.
About Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea is FLAC’s Artistic Patron and he is one of the foremost actors of his generation, coming to worldwide attention when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game in 1992. He has enjoyed great acclaim on Irish and international stages through his collaborations with playwrights Sam Shepard, Brian Friel and Enda Walsh. He has most recently appeared in a production of the Samuel Beckett play Krapp’s Last Tape in Dublin, London and New York to great acclaim.