Biography

Professor Yvonne Daly is Professor of Criminal Law and Evidence at Dublin City University, where she teaches and supervises research in evidence law, criminal procedure, and criminal law. She holds a BCL from University College Cork and a PhD from Trinity College Dublin. Yvonne has a specific research focus on the legal regulation of criminal investigations. She engages in detailed doctrinal and comparative work across European and international jurisdictions, and empirical research which explores the law in action, as compared with the theory. Her research is grounded in fundamental human rights instruments, such as the Irish Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights, and it has been published widely. Yvonne is co-author of both Criminal Defence Representation at Garda Stations (Bloomsbury Professional, 2023) and Irish Criminal Justice: Theory, Process and Procedure (Clarus Press, 2010). She is a co-editor of Teaching Evidence Law: Contemporary Trends and Innovations (Routledge, 2020) and the Routledge Handbook of Irish Criminology (Routledge, 2016), and she edited Police Custody in Ireland (Routledge, 2024).