ICEL and EPA Annual Environmental Enforcement Law Conference, Dublin [Hybrid; 4 December 2026]

The Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) co-host the annual Environmental Law Enforcement Conference during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It takes place on Friday, 4 December 2026, 10am-5pm, at Chartered Accountants House, Pearse Street, Dublin 2, and will also be livestreamed.

The conference is convened by Dr Tom Ryan (EPA) and Prof Áine Ryall (ICEL / University College Cork). It provides a forum to consider significant new developments in environmental law and policy. Topics include:

• climate law and policy
• the impact of EU and international law
• accelerating infrastructure
• emerging challenges and opportunities in environmental governance and regulation

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

Chartered Accountants Ireland, 47/49 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, D02 YN40. The event is in person and is also livestreamed. The listing gives the duration as 7 hours.

Tickets are booked through the Eventbrite page. The ticket price is not shown on the source page, and refunds are available up to 7 days before the event. For general enquiries, contact icel@tcd.ie or visit www.icel.ie.