Archive for Kevin Boyle

Sadness at passing of human rights champion

Posted in Life with tags , on 30 December 2010 by Steve

“Tributes have been paid to Professor Kevin Boyle – a founder of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI, Galway – who died this week …” (more)

[Declan Varley, Galway Advertiser, 30 December]

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Irish human rights academic, Kevin Boyle, passes away

Posted in Life with tags , on 29 December 2010 by Steve

“Kevin Boyle, regarded as one of Ireland’s and the UK’s leading human rights academics, passed away on Sunday. Below is a column from Today’s Zaman (by Orhan Kemal Cengiz) …” (more)

[Kurdistan Commentary, 29 December]

Tributes to human rights lawyer Kevin Boyle

Posted in Life with tags , on 29 December 2010 by Steve

“Tributes have been paid to one of the founders of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland and leading human rights lawyer, Prof Kevin Boyle, who has died. Originally from Newry, Co Down, he was a lecturer in law in Queen’s University Belfast when he got involved in the civil rights movement …” (more)

[Carol Coulter, Irish Times, 29 December]

Higgins pays tribute to the late Kevin Boyle

Posted in Life with tags , on 28 December 2010 by Steve

“I heard with great sadness of the passing of Kevin Boyle whose courageous leadership in the human rights movement has placed so many in Ireland in his debt …” (more)

[Michael D Higgins, Labour Party Blog, 28 December]

Death of human rights academic Kevin Boyle

Posted in Life with tags , , on 28 December 2010 by Steve

“Professor Kevin Boyle, one of the founders of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, has died …” (more)

[RTÉ News, 28 December]