RAYMOND O' ROURKE
M.A. (Dublin); LLB (London); Barrister-at-Law

Raymond O’ Rourke is a qualified Barrister and a specialist food regulatory and consumer affairs lawyer. He worked for many years in legal firms both in Dublin and Brussels. Prior to that he worked in Brussels at the European Parliament and also for the European Consumers Association (BEUC). 

He has written two books European Food Law (3rd edition) (2005) Thomsen/Sweet & Maxwell and Food Safety & Product Liability (2000) Palladian Law Publishing. He is a regular speaker at conferences on food law issues. He has completed numerous articles for legal journals, agri-food industry trade magazines and national newspapers. 

He has advised the Latvian, Estonian, Czech Republic & Romanian governments on food law issues under the auspices of the EU’s PHARE programme. He has also advised the Macedonian & Serbian governments on food hygiene/food safety issues in preparation for EU accession and he also wrote a new national Food Law for the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

He is a member of Bord Bia’s Taste Council; the Artisan Forum of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland; the Environmental Protection Agency’s Advisory Committee on GMOs; is Chairman of the Consumer Consultative Panel of the Irish Financial Regulator and on the National Council of the Consumers Association of Ireland. He was appointed a Fellow in the Faculty of Human Sciences, at the University of Ulster, Coleraine in November 2004.

Contact details: 

5 Cuala Road
Bray
Co. Wicklow
Tel/Fax No: 2863178
Mobile Tel No: (086) 8139221
raymond.orourke@ireland.com