MR JUSTICE DAVID NOLAN
BComm 1981
MR JUSTICE DAVID NOLAN
has been appointed a judge of the High Court. Mr Nolan was chairperson of the Bar Council from 2012 to 2014....
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MS JUSTICE ÚNA NÍ RAIFEARTAIGH
BCL 1988
MS JUSTICE ÚNA NÍ RAIFEARTAIGH
has been elected as Ireland’s new judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Ní Raifeartaigh previously served as a...
MICHAEL O’FLAHERTY
BCL 1980
MICHAEL O’FLAHERTY
has been appointed the Council of Europe’s new Commissioner for Human Rights. Mr O’Flaherty will serve a six-year te...
MS JUSTICE CAROLINE COSTELLO
BA History and Greek & Roman Civilisation 1982
MS JUSTICE CAROLINE COSTELLO
has been appointed the next President of the Court of Appeal. Her appointment makes her the second most senior judge in...
SOFIYA KALINOVA
BCL 2018
SOFIYA KALINOVA
In an important advance for inclusion and diversity in the legal profession, Sofiya Kalinova has made history as the fir...
JEANNE KELLY
BCL 1994, HDipEurL 1996
JEANNE KELLY
Solicitor Jeanne Kelly, founding partner at Browne Jacobson Ireland, has been elected president of the British Irish Cha...
CAOILFHIONN GALLAGHER
BCL 1999
CAOILFHIONN GALLAGHER
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has been awarded the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad from Preside...
SIOBHÁN NÍ CHÚLACHÁIN
BCL 1993, LLM 1997
SIOBHÁN NÍ CHÚLACHÁIN
Barrister Siobhán Ní Chúlacháin has been appointed Director of Research at the Law Reform Commission of Ireland. Ní...
MR JUSTICE MICHAEL MAC GRATH
BCL 1981, LLM 1983
MR JUSTICE MICHAEL MAC GRATH
has been appointed an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal. Mr Justice MacGrath was called to the Bar in 1984 and to th...
MR JUSTICE JONATHAN DUNPHY
BBLS 1998
MR JUSTICE JONATHAN DUNPHY
a sole practitioner at Jonathan Dunphy & Co Solicitors, and a member of the Law Society’s criminal law committee,...
MR JUSTICE DAVID NOLAN
BComm 1981
has been appointed a judge of the High Court. Mr Nolan was chairperson of the Bar Council from 2012 to 2014.
MS JUSTICE ÚNA NÍ RAIFEARTAIGH
BCL 1988
has been elected as Ireland’s new judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Ní Raifeartaigh previously served as a judge at the Irish High Court and the Court of Appeal, while also acting as a senior counsel, and a legal academic, with expertise in criminal law and the law of evidence.
MICHAEL O’FLAHERTY
BCL 1980
has been appointed the Council of Europe’s new Commissioner for Human Rights. Mr O’Flaherty will serve a six-year term after being elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
MS JUSTICE CAROLINE COSTELLO
BA History and Greek & Roman Civilisation 1982
has been appointed the next President of the Court of Appeal. Her appointment makes her the second most senior judge in the State. A History and Classics alumna, she was appointed a judge of the High Court in 2014 and the Court of Appeal in 2018.
SOFIYA KALINOVA
BCL 2018
In an important advance for inclusion and diversity in the legal profession, Sofiya Kalinova has made history as the first deaf barrister in Ireland. Kalinova, who uses Irish sign language, was called to the Bar by Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell. Kalinova won a previous challenge at the WRC after being told she would have to pay for her own interpreter to take part in a course to prepare students for the King’s Inns entrance exams.
JEANNE KELLY
BCL 1994, HDipEurL 1996
Solicitor Jeanne Kelly, founding partner at Browne Jacobson Ireland, has been elected president of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce. BICC was founded in 2011 ahead of the historic visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland, and includes Barclays, Deloitte, KPMG, The Open University, Microsoft, ESB, UCD, and Zurich among its members. Kelly has over 25 years’ experience in commercial tech-law, advising private and public sector clients.
CAOILFHIONN GALLAGHER
BCL 1999
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has been awarded the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad from President Michael D. Higgins. The Award recognises the service given to Ireland or to Irish communities abroad by those who live outside Ireland. Gallagher has acted in many human rights, public law and media law cases, both in the UK and internationally, including a number of cases concerning the rights of the Irish in Britain. In 2017, she was a UCD Alumni Awardee in Law.
SIOBHÁN NÍ CHÚLACHÁIN
BCL 1993, LLM 1997
Barrister Siobhán Ní Chúlacháin has been appointed Director of Research at the Law Reform Commission of Ireland. Ní Chúlachaín has more than 20 years’ practice at the Bar in judicial review, criminal, extradition, and human rights law. As former co-chair of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights, she is committed to law reform
MR JUSTICE MICHAEL MAC GRATH
BCL 1981, LLM 1983
has been appointed an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal. Mr Justice MacGrath was called to the Bar in 1984 and to the Inner Bar in 2000. He was appointed as a judge of the High Court in 2018, and as a judge of the Special Criminal Courts in 2020.
MR JUSTICE JONATHAN DUNPHY
BBLS 1998
a sole practitioner at Jonathan Dunphy & Co Solicitors, and a member of the Law Society’s criminal law committee, has been appointed an ordinary judge of the Circuit Court.