Our annual Legal Eagles programme 2025 concluded on Thursday 13 November when we welcomed students from Mercy College Coolock to our Northside Dublin office for a zine-making workshop with writer and facilitator Robyn Gill.
Students had the opportunity to reflect on, evaluate, and share what they’ve learned through this year’s programme.
During the session, students designed their own interactive ‘Zine’ resources about what they learnt. Each of the 10 Zines produced by students were based on the Consent, Sex and the Law lesson with the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, or on the Garda Powers (Stop and Searches) lesson with the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.
Below, you can check out an interactive showcase of the student’s Zines, which act as DIY resources that you can download and print for yourself. If you’re interested in printing these resources, or designing your own, check out this short instructional video.
Consent, Sex and the Law
Some of the students in attendance designed their Zines around what they learned during their lessons on Consent, Sex and the Law with the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
The topics they covered included:
- What is consent?
- Checking in for consent – phrases
- Ways to communicate a NO
- Ways to communicate a YES
- What does the law say?
Check all of them out below – You can download the Zines to print or read yourself:
Garda Powers (stop and searches)
Some of the other students designed their Zines around what they learned during their lessons on Garda Powers (Stop and Searches) with the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.
The topics that they covered included:
- When can a Garda Stop & Search me?
- A Stop & Search quiz
- A list of Stop & Search facts!
- Stop & Search do’s and don’ts
- Where to go if you feel like you have been mistreated by gardaí?
Check all of them out below – You can download the Zines to print or read yourself:
Many thanks to all of the students and staff of Mercy College Coolock that participated in the unforgettable workshop.
Note: These Zines were prepared by students as part of a learning exercise and do not contain legal advice.