• Brexit on the island of Ireland: beyond unique circumstances 

  Schiek, Dagmar (School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, 2018-09-09)

  This article offers an original analysis of Ireland’s and the UK’s common EU membership in the light of Brexit, identifies socio-economic decline and threats to the functionality of the Good Friday Agreement as decisive ...
• On the never-ending road to Brexit: perspectives for the European Union – introducing this special issue 

  Schiek, Dagmar (School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, 2018-09)

  The withdrawal of a Member State – even a notoriously reluctant one – illustrates that the individual crises of the EU add up to more than their sum; "Brexit" thus suggests a deeper crisis of the European Union, relating ...
• Comparing labour laws in the EU internal market: A social actor perspective 

  Schiek, Dagmar (Kluwer Law International, 2017-01)

  The discipline of comparative labour law suffers from a dual crisis: comparative law may seem irrelevant if nation states are pushed back by ever accelerating globalization, and labour law may be rendered irrelevant by the ...
• The rights of the child in voluntary care in Ireland: a call for reform in law, policy and practice 

  Brennan, Rebekah; O'Mahony, Conor; Burns, Kenneth (Elsevier, 2021-03-15)

  Voluntary care agreements form a significant part of child protection systems in many jurisdictions. From a children’s rights perspective, they enjoy numerous advantages over court-ordered removals of children. However, ...
• ‘Private Family Arrangements’ for children in Ireland: The informal grey space in-between state care and the family home 

  Burns, Kenneth; O'Mahony, Conor; Brennan, Rebekah (Oxford University Press, 2021-02-22)

  The literature on alternative care focuses overwhelmingly on formal, court-ordered placements; voluntary care placements are discussed less frequently. Least attention of all has been given to informal kinship care placements, ...

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