Patricia Ryan is an Irish judge who has served as President of the Circuit Court since 2019 and a Judge of the Circuit Court since July 2002.
Patricia Ryan | |
|---|---|
| President of the Circuit Court | |
| Assumed office 13 July 2019 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Michael D. Higgins |
| Preceded by | Raymond Groarke |
| Judge of the Circuit Court | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2002 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Mary McAleese |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
Early life
editRyan attended University College Dublin and the King's Inns. She was called to the Irish Bar in 1984.[1] She acted in cases including those involving personal injuries.[2][3]
She was appointed a vice-chairperson of the Employment Appeals Tribunal in 1998 and was re-appointed in 2001.[4]
Judicial career
editCircuit Court
editRyan was nominated to the Circuit Court in June 2002 and appointed in July 2002.[5][6] She has presided over criminal law trials involving dangerous driving, manslaughter, fraud, sexual offences, theft, harassment, health and safety law, and drugs offences.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
She sat on the Special Criminal Court.[15]
President of the Circuit Court
editShe became the President of the Circuit Court in July 2019.[16][17]
Personal life
editRyan married Brian Lenihan Jnr in 1997 with whom she had two children. Lenihan died in 2011.[18][19]
References
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- ^ Traynor, Vivienne (11 May 2018). "Man sentenced for dangerous driving causing death". RTÉ News. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Manslaughter jury warned over media coverage". RTÉ News. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Dutch man jailed over €200,000 social welfare fraud". RTÉ News. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Man pleads guilty to six sexual offences against girl". RTÉ News. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Former solicitor jailed for stealing from clients". RTÉ News. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Man gets five years for harassment". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Builders fined €10,000 over unsafe machine". independent. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Cocaine plea". independent. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Two men appear in court charged with IRA membership". RTÉ News. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "No. 59 – 1047" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). JAAB. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Brian Lenihan: a life in politics". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Maume, Patrick (March 2021). "Lenihan, Brian". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 5 January 2022.