List of judges of the Supreme Court of Ireland
List of judges of the Supreme Court of Ireland | |
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Liosta Breithiúna Chúirt Uachtarach na hÉireann | |
Established | 29 December 1937 |
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Authorized by | Constitution of Ireland, Article 34 |
Judge term length | Until aged 70, 7 years for Chief Justice |
Number of positions | 10 and 2 ex officio members |
Website | www |
The Supreme Court of Ireland is the highest judicial authority in Ireland. The following is a list of current and former judges of the court.
Current members[]
Name | Appointed | Notes |
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Donal O'Donnell | March 2010 | Chief Justice since October 2021[1] |
John MacMenamin | February 2012 | |
Elizabeth Dunne | July 2013 | |
Peter Charleton | June 2014 | |
Iseult O'Malley | October 2015 | |
Marie Baker | December 2019 | |
Séamus Woulfe | July 2020[2] | |
Gerard Hogan | October 2021 | |
George Birmingham | April 2018 | ex officio 2018–present |
Mary Irvine | May 2019 | ex officio 2020–present |
Former members[]
- denotes Chief Justices
Name | Birth–Death | Term of office | Chief Justice | Notes |
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Hugh Kennedy | 1879–1936 | 1924–1936 | 1924–1936 | First Chief Justice |
Gerald Fitzgibbon | 1866–1942 | 1924–1938 | — | |
Charles O'Connor | 1854–1928 | 1924–1925 | — | Last Master of the Rolls 1912–1924 |
Timothy Sullivan | 1874–1949 | 1924–1946 | 1936–1946 | ex officio as President of the High Court 1924–1936 |
James Murnaghan | 1881–1973 | 1925–1953 | — | |
James Geoghegan | 1886–1951 | 1936–1950 | — | |
Conor Maguire | 1889–1971 | 1936–1961 | 1946–1961 | ex officio 1936–1946 |
James Creed Meredith | 1875–1942 | 1936–1942 | — | |
William John Johnston | 1939–1940 | — | ||
John O'Byrne | 1884–1954 | 1940–1954 | — | |
William Black | 1879–1967 | 1942–1951 | — | |
George Gavan Duffy | 1882–1951 | 1946–1951 | — | ex officio 1946–1951 |
Cecil Lavery | 1894–1973 | 1950–1966 | — | |
Cahir Davitt | 1894–1986 | 1951–1966 | — | ex officio 1951–1966 |
T. C. Kingsmill Moore | 1893–1979 | 1951–1966 | — | |
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh | 1911–1978 | 1953–1973 | 1961–1973 | |
Martin Maguire | 1954–1961 | — | ||
Kevin Haugh | 1901–1969 | 1961–1969 | — | |
Brian Walsh | 1918–1998 | 1961–1990 | — | |
Gardner Budd | 1904–1976 | 1966–1975 | — | |
William Fitzgerald | 1906–1974 | 1966–1974 | 1973–1974 | |
Aindrias Ó Caoimh | 1912–1994 | 1966–1974 | — | ex officio 1966–1974 |
Richard McLoughlin | 1902–1972 | 1969–1972 | — | |
Séamus Henchy | 1917–2009 | 1972–1988 | — | |
Frank Griffin | 1918–2016 | 1973–1991 | — | |
Thomas Finlay | 1922–2017 | 1974–1994 | 1985–1994 | ex officio 1974–1985 |
Tom O'Higgins | 1916–2003 | 1974–1985 | 1974–1985 | |
John Kenny | 1975–1982 | — | ||
Weldon Parke | 1912–1981 | 1976–1981 | — | |
Anthony J. Hederman | 1921–2014 | 1981–1993 | — | |
Niall McCarthy | 1925–1991 | 1982–1992 | — | |
Liam Hamilton | 1928–2000 | 1985–2000 | 1994–2000 | ex officio 1985–1994 |
Hugh O'Flaherty | 1990–1999 | — | ||
Séamus Egan | 1923–2004 | 1991–1995 | — | |
John Blayney | 1925–2018 | 1992–1997 | — | |
Susan Denham | 1945– | 1992–2017 | 2011–2017 | First woman appointed, first woman Chief Justice |
Harry Whelehan | 1944– | 1994 | — | ex officio 1994 |
Declan Costello | 1926–2011 | 1995–1998 | — | ex officio 1995–1998 |
Donal Barrington | 1929–2018 | 1996–2000 | — | |
Ronan Keane | 1932– | 1996–2004 | 2000–2004 | |
Francis Murphy | 1996–2002 | — | ||
Kevin Lynch | 1927–2013 | 1996–1999 | — | |
Henry Barron | 1928–2010 | 1997–2003 | — | First Jewish member |
Frederick Morris | 1930– | 1998–2001 | — | ex officio 1998–2001 |
John L. Murray | 1943– | 1999–2015 | 2004–2011 | |
Catherine McGuinness | 1934– | 2000–2006 | — | |
Adrian Hardiman | 1951–2016 | 2000–2016 | — | |
Hugh Geoghegan | 1938– | 2000–2010 | — | |
Nial Fennelly | 1942– | 2000–2014 | — | |
Joseph Finnegan | 1942– | 2001–2012 | — | ex officio 2001–2006 |
Brian McCracken | 1934– | 2002–2006 | — | |
Nicholas Kearns | 1946– | 2004–2015 | — | ex officio 2009–2015 |
Fidelma Macken | 1942– | 2005–2012 | — | |
Richard Johnson | 1937–2019 | 2006–2009 | — | ex officio 2006–2009 |
Liam McKechnie[3] | 1951– | 2010–2021 | — | |
Frank Clarke | 1951– | 2012–2021 | 2017–2021 | |
Mary Laffoy | 1945– | 2013–2017 | — | |
Sean Ryan | 1948– | 2014–2018 | — | ex officio 2014–2018 |
Peter Kelly | 1950– | 2015–2020 | — | ex officio 2015–2020 |
Mary Finlay Geoghegan | 1949– | 2017–2019 | — |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Diary - President Appoints Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell As New Chief Justice". president.ie. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "President Appoints New Judge Of The Supreme Court". president.ie. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Carolan, Mary (16 April 2021). "Judge whose ruling crucial in recognising rights of trans people retires". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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