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List of judges of the Court of Appeal (Ireland)

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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

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Name Appointed Notes
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

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Name Term of office Notes
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

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