He has been a consultant to the Department of Foreign Affairs and represented Ireland at the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
Professor Binchy is a member of the Irish Human Rights Commission.
[1] He has been involved in a number of campaigns in connection with proposed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland.
His daughter is the RTÉ producer and former College Tribune editor Sarah Binchy.
Binchy is a legal researchers and has published books in a variety of areas.