Table of Contents
Poem Sarah Clancy v
Foreword Professor Monica McWilliams vii
Acknowledgements ix
The Contributors xvii
Abbreviations xxi
Table of Cases xxiii
Table of Statutes and Legislation xxxv
Part I Introduction
1 Introduction: Troubling Judgment Julie McCandless Máiréad Enright Aoife O'Donoghue 3
2 'Involuntary Patriotism': Judgment, Women and National Identity on the Island of Ireland Máiréad Enright 27
3 Doing Feminist Judgments Mary Shine Thompson 49
4 Judging and the Judgment Writing Process: A Northern/Irish Perspective Aoife O'Donoghue 75
Part II Mothering Subjects
5 McGee v Attorney General
Commentary: Emilie Cloatre and Máiréad Enright 95
Judgment: Máiréad Enright 107
6 Flynn v Power
Commentary: Deirdre McGowan 117
Judgment: Eoin Daly 126
7 MhicMhathúna v Attorney General
Commentary: Calm O'Cinnéide 137
Judgment: Liam Thornton 147
8 Matrimonial Homes Bill
Commentary: Louise Crowley 157
Judgment: Lucy-Ann Buckley 163
9 National and Provincial Building Society v Lynd
Commentary: David Capper 177
Judgment: Lorna Fox O'Mahony 183
10 The Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the 'Kerry Babies Case'
Commentary: Yvonne Marie Daly 195
Judgment: Vicky Conway 204
Part III Othered Subjects
11 McGimpsey v Ireland
Commentary: Ruth Alice Houghton 221
Judgment: Aoife O'Donoghue 229
12 In Re White
Commentary: Carmel Roulston 241
Judgment: Catherine O'Rourke 250
13 Lobe v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Commentary: Hilkka Becker 263
Judgment: Siobhán Mullally and Cliodhna Murphy 271
14 Zappone and Gilligan v The Revenue Commissioners, Ireland and the Attorney General
Commentary: Siobhán Wills and Máiréad Enright 283
Judgment: Fiona de Londras 288
15 In Re E (a child) (the 'Holy Cross' case)
Commentary: Christine Bell FBA 303
Judgment: Colin Murray 311
16 O'Keeffe v Hickey
Commentary: Laura Hilly 325
Judgment: Maeve O'Rourke 334
17 Christian Brothers High School Clonmel v Mary Stokes and the Equality Authority
Commentary: Claire Bruton 345
Judgment: Olivia Smith 353
Part IV Choosing Subjects
18 Attorney General v X
Commentary: Sheelagh McGuinness 369
Judgment: Ruth Fletcher 379
19 North Western Health Board v HW and CW (the PKU case)
Commentary: Donal Coffey 395
Judgment: Maebh Harding 402
20 PM v The Board of Management of St Vincent's Hospital and Justin Geoghegan and the Attorney General
Commentary: Claire Murray 415
Judgment: Mary Donnelly 423
21 Re Family Planning Association of Northern Ireland v The Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Commentary: Sara Ramshaw 433
Judgment: Kathryn McNeilly 441
22 Society for the Protection of Unborn Children's Application for Judicial Review
Commentary: John Kennedy 455
Judgment: Claire McCann 464
Part V Embodied Subjects
23 DPP v Tiernan
Commentary: Liz Campbell 479
Judgment: Louise Kennefick and Caroline Fennell 485
24 McKinley v Minister for Defence
Commentary: Fergus Ryan 495
Judgment: Joanne Conaghan 506
25 BJM v CM
Commentary: Christine Ryan 515
Judgment: Aideeu Ryan and Katie Dawson 525
26 DPP v C
Commentary: Anna Arstein-Kerslake 535
Judgment: Eilionóir Flynn and Sinéad Ring 542
27 CC v Ireland
Commentary: Cian Ó Concubhair 557
Judgment: David Prendergast 566
28 Foy v An t-Ard Chláraitheoir
Commentary: Ivana Bacik 579
Judgment: Tanya Ní Mhuirthile 587
29 Barnes v Belfast City Council
Commentary: Fiona Cooke .601
Judgment: Marie Fox 612
30 A and B (by C) v A (Health and Social Services Trust)
Commentary: Marian Duggan 623
Judgment: Julie McCandless 630
Glossary of Terms 645
Index 647