Mary McAleese to be keynote speaker at Cork law summit

Panellists at the summit over the weekend include Dr Rhona Mahony, Colm O’Gorman and Senator David Norris

Dr McAleese will be presented with the Orientum Solen Award for her work in breaking barriers and for being an inspirational figure to students in law.

Former President Mary McAleese will be the keynote speaker at an intervarsity law summit being hosted in Cork this weekend.

She will deliver her address on Friday night at the Rochestown Park Hotel at the event which has been organised by seven universities across the country. Dr McAleese will be presented with the Orientum Solen Award for her work in breaking barriers and for being an inspirational figure to students in law.