Rethinking Justice: Trauma on Trial
Conference Programme
November 30th 2024. 9am to 6:30pm. Trinity College Dublin.
8:00 – 9:00 Registration.
9:00 – 9:10 Conference opening by The Hon. Mr. Justice Paul Dermott.
9:10 – 9:35 Limiting Trauma : Framing Domestic Violence in Ireland.
Ms. Mary Mc Dermott. CEO of SAFE Ireland and Adjunct professor at the School of Applied Social Studies in University College Cork.
9:35 – 9:55 Sex Trafficking Survivors - supporting recovery using trauma informed care.
Ms. Shelia Crowley is an Integrative Trauma Therapist at Ruhama.
9:55 - 10:15 Understanding the law of Coercive Control
Lee-Ann Purcell is a Solicitor and Legal Advisor to Tusla - Child and Family Agency
10:15 – 10:45 Embracing Sanctuary in Schools: The Power of Trauma-Informed Care.
Dr. Catriona O'Toole. Chartered Psychologist and Associate Professor at the Maynooth University Department of Education.
10:45 - 11:00 Trauma in the Travelling community.
Mr. Patrick Ryan. Chairman of the Portlaoise Boxing club and former PE teacher at the Midlands prison.
11:00 – 11:15 Break and refreshments.
11:15 – 11:45 Developmental Trauma and Child & Adolescent Offending in England and Wales.
Prof. Kevin Browne. Professor of Forensic Psychology & Child Health, Director of Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology,University of
Nottingham. England
11:45 – 12:15 Impact of Psychological Trauma on the Brain and Behaviour - The need for specific training for intermediaries
Dr. Catherine Norton. Chartered Consultant Neuropsychologist and Director of Mental Perk Psychological Services Ltd and MindPieces Ltd.
12:15 – 1:15 Interviewing Vulnerable Suspects: The Impact on Communication and the Necessity for an Appropriate Adult: The Science and the Reality.
Dr. Laura Farrugia Assistant Professor at Northumbria University, UK & a registered intermediary and Mr Keith Harbottle, police officer,
in England and Wales.
1:15 – 2:00 Lunch.
2:00 – 2:30 Understanding the challenges faced by people living on the margins of society.
Mr. Eddie Mullins CEO of Merchant Quay Ireland. Previous Governor of the Mountjoy, Midlands and Wheatfield prisons.
2:30 – 3:00 Trauma informed care in forensic settings: establishing a process for becoming aware of and addressing the complex interplay between the
pains of imprisonment and the pains of developmental trauma.
Mr. Lawrence Jones. Clinical and forensic consultant psychologist, head of the clinical and forensic psychology service at Rampton Hospital
Nottinghamshire healthcare Trust.
3:00 – 3:30 Rethinking Mental Illness in the Sentencing Process.
Mr. Morgan Shelley. Barrister in practice since 2006, member of the editorial board of the Bar Review and a former member of the Mental
Health Tribunal.
3:30 – 4:00 Just Mercy? Why achieving criminal justice reform is the ultimate wicked problem for the Irish economy.
Dr. Charles Larkin. Director of Research at the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath. Chair of the Governing Body/Board of
Trustees of Technological University Dublin. President and non-executive director at Accounting Technicians Ireland.
4:00 – 4:30 An overview of the psychological services at Limerick prison.
Dr. Noelle Martin. Senior Clinical Psychologist in Limerick male and female prisons.
4:30 – 5:00 A Governors Perspective.
Mr. Andrew McCarthy is the current Governor of the Limerick Female Prison.
5:00 - 6:00 Solicitor Narratives - Are Solicitors at risk of Secondary Trauma ?
Introduction by Dr. Norton. Moderator - Ms. Maura Butler, a retired solicitor and NGO Board member.
6:00- 6:30 Closing remarks from the Keynote Speakers.
The conference programme is subject to change at any point before or during the conference.
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