Desmond Ryan BL

Desmond Ryan BL is a practising barrister in the Law Library, where he has been specialising exclusively in Employment Law since 2006. He is a practising CEDR-accredited Mediator. He is also called to the Bar of England and Wales and the Bar of Northern Ireland.

Des advises on all aspects of Employment Law and appears very regularly before the WRC, the Labour Court, and the Superior Courts.  Des is an Associate Professor and Fellow in Law at Trinity College Dublin where he lectures in Employment Law and Tort Law. He is a founding member and current Committee Member of the Employment Law Association of Ireland and is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law.  Des has published extensively, and his work has been widely cited, including in judgments of the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court of Ireland and the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.