Des Ryan B.L. is an experienced CEDR-accredited Mediator with a particular specialisation in workplace and employment mediations. He is available for both online/virtual/Zoom and in-person mediations.

He is a practising barrister in the Law Library, where he has been specialising exclusively in Employment Law since 2006. He is also called to the Bar of England and Wales (Lincoln’s Inn) and Northern Ireland.

Des advises on all aspects of Employment Law and appears very regularly before the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court, and the Superior Courts.

Des is an Associate Professor and Fellow at Trinity College Dublin where he lectures Employment Law and Tort Law. He is a founding member and current Committee Member of the Irish Employment Law Association. He has published widely and internationally in book, journal article and conference paper form on all areas of Employment Law and gives CPD briefings regularly to members of the solicitors’ and barristers’ profession, to the judiciary, and to Human Resources professionals.