A Kerry man has been appointed as a judge to the High Court.
The government agreed in December to nominate two barristers as Ordinary Judges of the High Court, including Micheál D O’Connell from Valentia Island.
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No Repro Fee … 15-1-26…President Connolly appoints Mark J. Dunne SC and Micheál D. O’Connell SC as Judges to the High Court at a ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin……. Pic shows President Connolly with Micheál D. O’Connell SC being appointed as a Judge of the High Court joined by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin at a ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin. Pic Tony Maxwell / Maxwell’s - No Repro Fee. 15-1-26Micheál O’Connell SC was called to the Bar in 1999, and the Inner Bar in 2018, following education at Trinity College Dublin and the Honourable Society of King’s Inns.
His legal practice mostly included commercial/chancery, general practice, conveyancing, and property law.
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He is also the son of Kerry football legend Mick O’Connell.
At a ceremony yesterday at Áras an Uachtaráin, President Catherine Connolly officially appointed Mr O’Connell SC as a judge to the High Court, along with Mark Dunne SC.
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No Repro Fee … 15-1-26…President Connolly appoints Mark J. Dunne SC and Micheál D. O’Connell SC as Judges to the High Court at a ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin……. Pic shows President Connolly with on left Micheál D. O’Connell SC and right Mark J. Dunne SC being appointed as a Judges of the High Court joined by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan at a ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin. Pic Tony Maxwell / Maxwell’s - No Repro Fee. 15-1-26
No Repro Fee … 15-1-26…President Connolly appoints Mark J. Dunne SC and Micheál D. O’Connell SC as Judges to the High Court at a ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin……. Pic shows President Connolly with on left Micheál D. O’Connell SC and right Mark J. Dunne SC being appointed as a Judges of the High Court joined by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin at a ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin. Pic Tony Maxwell / Maxwell’s - No Repro Fee. 15-1-26
