George Birmingham
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Judges may resign if Woulfe survives on Supreme Court as Golfgate fallout escalates
- Crime & Law
- November 13, 2020, 20:55
The decision of Chief Justice Frank Clarke on Monday to publish some of his correspondence with Mr Justice Séamus Woulfe over the Golfgate controversy(...)

Government may have to get involved in removal of judge from Supreme Court
- Crime & Law
- November 9, 2020, 22:12
The time may be coming for politicians to get involved in the removal of Mr Justice Séamus Woulfe from the Supreme Court. After the publication on M(...)

Man’s sex assault conviction quashed as trial juror was related to victim in separate case
- Courts
- July 3, 2020, 20:45
The Court of Appeal has quashed a man’s sex assault conviction and directed a retrial, after it transpired that one of the jurors who convicted him wa(...)

Task of selecting District and Circuit Court presidents begins
- Irish News
- April 16, 2019, 21:25
The process to appoint new presidents of the Circuit and District Courts has been initiated by the Government. It will be modelled on proposed refor(...)

Helena Molony: A persistent fighter for working women
- Heritage
- December 10, 2018, 00:00
Helena Molony (1883–1967), actor, republican, trade unionist, and feminist, was born on January 15th, 1883, at 8 Cole’s Lane, off Henry Street in Dubl(...)

Donal Barrington saw Constitution as ‘living document,’ funeral hears
- Crime & Law
- January 6, 2018, 15:27
The former Supreme Court judge, Donal Barrington, saw the Constitition as a living, breathing document that respected the human rights of all, his fun(...)

Judge with radical edge may take Supreme Court in new direction
- Crime & Law
- July 26, 2017, 20:30
Most young barristers have to wait years for a meaty case to arrive on their desk. Frank Clarke was qualified less than a year when one of the biggest(...)

Irish judges: the inside story
- Crime & Law
- September 3, 2016, 05:50
‘Like a residents’ association meeting’ The atmosphere was relatively calm in July 2009, when the judges of the High and Supreme Courts met f(...)

Judges want Government to fast-track end of two-tier pay
- Irish News
- January 4, 2016, 01:00
Judges have called on the Government to fast track moves to end the existing two-tier pay structure in place for members of the judiciary. Judges ap(...)

Supreme Court transfers 250 cases to appeals court as nine judges appointed
- Crime & Law
- October 29, 2014, 20:21
Some 258 cases from the Supreme Court’s waiting list have been transferred to the new Court of Appeal following a direction by the Chief Justice, M(...)