The Court of Appeal is a court in Ireland that sits between the High Court and Supreme Court and took over the existing appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in 2014. It was established by the Courts of Justice Act 1924.
Current members
edit- denotes Presidents
Name | Appointed | Notes |
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George Birmingham | October 2014 | President since April 2018 |
John A. Edwards | December 2014 | |
Máire Whelan | June 2017 | Attorney General 2011–2016 |
Patrick J. McCarthy | July 2018 | |
Caroline Costello | November 2018 | |
Isobel Kennedy | November 2018 | |
Seamus Noonan | November 2019 | |
Mary Faherty | November 2019 | |
Robert Haughton | November 2019 | |
Úna Ní Raifeartaigh | November 2019 | |
Ann Power | November 2019 | |
Donald Binchy | March 2020 | |
Teresa Pilkington | September 2020 | |
Nuala Butler | October 2022 | |
Charles Meenan | July 2023 | |
Tara Burns | July 2023 | |
Brian O'Moore | October 2023 | |
Donal O'Donnell | October 2021 | ex officio 2021–present |
David Barniville | August 2021 | ex officio 2022–present |
Former members
editName | Term of office | Notes |
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Nicholas Kearns | 2014–2015 | ex officio 2014–2015 as President of the High Court |
Susan Denham | 2014–2017 | ex officio 2014–2017 as Chief Justice of Ireland |
Garrett Sheehan | 2014–2017 | |
Mary Finlay Geoghegan | 2014–2017 | Judge of the Supreme Court 2017-2019 |
Sean Ryan | 2014–2018 | First President of the Court of Appeal |
Alan Mahon | 2014–2018 | |
Gerard Hogan | 2014–2018 | Advocate General at the European Court of Justice |
Michael Peart | 2014–2019 | |
Peter Kelly | 2014–2020 | ex officio 2015–2020 as President of the High Court |
Mary Irvine | 2014–2019; 2020–2022 | ex officio 2020–2022 as President of the High Court |
John Hedigan | 2016–2018 | |
Frank Clarke | 2017–2021 | ex officio 2017–2021 as Chief Justice of Ireland |
Paul Gilligan | 2018 | |
Marie Baker | 2018–2019 | Judge of the Supreme Court |
Brian McGovern | 2018–2020 | |
Brian Murray | 2019–2022 | Judge of the Supreme Court |
Maurice Collins | 2019–2022 | Judge of the Supreme Court |
Aileen Donnelly | 2019–2023 | Judge of the Supreme Court |
See also
editExternal links
edit- List of Judges of the Court of Appeal – Courts Service of Ireland