Eoin V Fannon BL

Eoin’s background is in Marine Science, physical oceanography and fisheries research, before entering practice. Eoin has extensive experience in providing legal advice on domestic, EU and International Law and has handled diverse and caseloads and negotiations. Eoin acted as Advisory Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General where he specialised in domestic and international Law of the Sea including fisheries, security and environmental issues.  This included extensive experience in foreshore, fisheries, offshore energy, shipping, planning and administrative law.

Eoin was the legal advisor to the Government’s Marine Co-ordination Group and in the development of the national Marine Policy; Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth.

Eoin represented Ireland on the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for a number of years where he engaged in the negotiation and adoption of several International Treaties and Conventions. Eoin also has extensive experience at EU level in negotiating Regulations and Directives including on marine, environmental and transport policies.

As well as domestic litigation Eoin also managed a large portfolio of litigation in the European Courts in relation to state aid, competition, tax and shipping.

Eoin is a a Board Member of the Irish Centre for European Law. His academic qualifications include:-

2007    MA in International Relations (MA) (Hons) Dublin City University

1998    Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (Dip. Int. Arb.), NUI Dublin.

1988    Called to the Bar

2021     Mapping the Baseline; Case Study Management and Planning; Shorelines in ‘The Coastal Atlas of Ireland’, Cork University Press

2006    The Right to a Fair Trial in the Enforcement of Competition Law in Ireland; Thesis International Relations.

1998    The World Trade Organisation (WTO) and its Dispute Resolution Procedure.  Research paper in International Arbitration.

1997    Irish Intellectual Property Review, case note, Symonds & Ors. -v- Showerings (Irl) Ltd.

1990    Fannon E., Fahy E., and O’Reilly, R.  Maturation in female conger eel, Conger conger (L.).  J. Fish. Biol. (1990).

1982    Fannon E. and Hillis J.P.  Studies on the cod prey with special attention to Nephrops norvegicus ICES C.M. 1982 (mimeo).

1981    Hillis, J.P. and Fannon, E.  The role of Cod (Gadus morhua) as a predator on Nephrops norvegicus in the western Irish Sea, ICES CM 1981/G55 (mimeo).

Eoin is a regular contributor to conferences on marine and environmental law:-

2019 – Fisheries After Brexit – British Institute for International and Comparative Law, London

2019 – Maritime Spatial Planning, UCC Law and Environment Conference

2018 – Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth – Issues for an Integrated Marine Plan for Ireland, UCC Law and Environment Conference

2017 – Opportunities for the Future, European Marine Sand and Gravel Group Annual Conference

2016 – Novel Challenges – Novel Solutions: Innovation in Environmental Law and Policy, UCC Law and Environment Conference

2015 – Maritime Security – C-Sigma, London

2015 – Recent EU Momentum towards Common Maritime Spatial Planning, Annual conference of the Irish Maritime Lawyers Association

2015 – Informed Decision-Making for Environmental Law, Policy and Regulation, UCC Law and Environment Conference

2014 – Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth Issues for an Integrated Marine Plan for Ireland, UCC Law and Environment Conference

Eoin is a member of Arbitration Ireland and the Irish Maritime Lawyers Association.

Eoin was a member of the Bar of Ireland International Arbitration Committee between 1998 and 2000.  Eoin was an examiner fo the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland Examiner for the final year professional examination in Law(1996 – 2000).