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Attorney General of Ireland

Index Attorney General of Ireland

The Attorney General (An tArd-Aighne) is a constitutional officer who is the official adviser to the Government of Ireland in matters of law. [1]

62 relations: Aindrias Ó Caoimh (attorney general), Anthony J. Hederman, Attorney-General for Ireland, Bar Council of Ireland, Barrister, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Cecil Lavery, Charles Casey (lawyer), Chief Justice of Ireland, Colm Condon, Conor Maguire, Constitution of Ireland, Court of Appeal (Ireland), David Byrne (Irish politician), Declan Costello, Dermot Gleeson, Director of Public Prosecutions, Eoghan Fitzsimons, European Commissioner for Competition, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, European Court of Justice, Extradition, Government of Ireland, Harry Whelehan, High Court (Ireland), Hugh Kennedy, Irish Free State, James Geoghegan, John A. Costello, John L. Murray, John M. Kelly (politician), John O'Byrne, John Rogers (Irish lawyer), Kevin Dixon (attorney general), Kevin Haugh, King's Inns, Magna Carta, Máire Whelan, Michael McDowell (politician), Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Minister for Justice and Equality, National University of Ireland (constituency), Parliament of England, Parliament of Ireland, Patrick Connolly, Patrick Lynch (Irish attorney general), Patrick McGilligan, Paul Gallagher (barrister), Peter Sutherland, Politics of the Republic of Ireland, ..., President of Ireland, Provisional Government of Ireland (1922), Republic of Ireland, Rory Brady, Séamus Woulfe, Senior Counsel, Statute, Supreme Court of Ireland, Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Thomas Teevan (attorney general), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Expand index (12 more) »

Aindrias Ó Caoimh (attorney general)

Aindrias Ó Caoimh (4 October 1912 – 30 December 1994), also known as Andreas O'Keeffe and Ayindries Ó Cuiv, was Attorney General of Ireland from January 1954 to June 1954, and again from March 1957 to March 1965.

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Anthony J. Hederman

Anthony James Hederman (11 August 1921 – 10 January 2014) was an Irish judge.

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Attorney-General for Ireland

The Attorney-General for Ireland was an Irish and then (from the Act of Union 1800) United Kingdom government office-holder.

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Bar Council of Ireland

The Bar of Ireland is the regulatory and representative body for barristers practising law in the Republic of Ireland, active since 1897.

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Barrister

A barrister (also known as barrister-at-law or bar-at-law) is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh

Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (12 February 1911 – 21 March 1978) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, judge and barrister who served as the 5th President of Ireland from December 1974 to October 1976.

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Cecil Lavery

Cecil Patrick Lavery (6 October 1894 – 16 December 1967) was an Irish lawyer, Fine Gael politician and judge.

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Charles Casey (lawyer)

Charles Casey (1895–1952) was an Irish lawyer who became Attorney General for Ireland, and was briefly a High Court judge.

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Chief Justice of Ireland

The Chief Justice of Ireland (Príomh-Bhreitheamh na hÉireann) is the president of the Supreme Court of Ireland.

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Colm Condon

Colm Condon (16 July 1921 – 9 August 2008) was Attorney General of Ireland from 1965 until 1973.

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Conor Maguire

Conor Alexander Maguire (22 July 1889 – 26 September 1971) was an Irish politician, lawyer and judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 1946 to 1961, President of the High Court and a Judge of the High Court from 1936 to 1946 and Attorney General of Ireland from March 1932 to November 1932.

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Constitution of Ireland

The Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) is the fundamental law of the Republic of Ireland.

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Court of Appeal (Ireland)

The Court of Appeal (An Chúirt Achomhairc) is a court in Ireland that sits between the High Court and Supreme Court.

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David Byrne (Irish politician)

David Andrew Byrne SC (born 6 April 1947) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and barrister who served as Chancellor of Dublin City University from 2006 to 2011, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection from 1999 to 2004 and the Attorney General of Ireland from 1997 to 1999.

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Declan Costello

Declan Costello (1 August 1926 – 6 June 2011) was an Irish judge, barrister and Fine Gael politician who served as President of the High Court from 1995 to 1998, Judge of the High Court from 1977 to 1998 and Attorney General of Ireland from 1973 to 1977.

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Dermot Gleeson

Dermot Gleeson SC (born 12 November 1949) is an Irish barrister who served as the 25th Attorney General of Ireland from 1994 to 1997.

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Director of Public Prosecutions

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the office or official charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world.

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Eoghan Fitzsimons

Eoghan Fitzsimons is a former Irish Attorney General and barrister.

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European Commissioner for Competition

The Commissioner for Competition is the member of the European Commission responsible for competition.

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European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

The Commissioner for Health and Food Safety is the member of the European Commission.

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European Court of Justice

The European Court of Justice (ECJ), officially just the Court of Justice (Cour de Justice), is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law.

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Extradition

Extradition is the act by one jurisdiction of delivering a person who has been accused of committing a crime in another jurisdiction or has been convicted of a crime in that other jurisdiction into the custody of a law enforcement agency of that other jurisdiction.

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Government of Ireland

The Government of Ireland (Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in the Republic of Ireland.

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Harry Whelehan

Harry Whelehan (born 26 June 1944) is an Irish barrister and judge who served as President of the High Court from 15 November 1994 to 17 November 1994, Judge of the High Court from November 1994 to December 1994 and 23rd Attorney General of Ireland from 1991 to 1994.

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High Court (Ireland)

The High Court is established by Article 34 of the Constitution of Ireland, which grants it "full original jurisdiction in and power to determine all matters and questions whether of law or fact, civil or criminal", as well as the ability to determine "the validity of any law having regard to the provisions of this Constitution".

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Hugh Kennedy

Hugh Edward Kennedy, KC (11 July 1879 – 1 December 1936) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, barrister and judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 1924 to 1936, a Justice of the Supreme Court from 1924 to 1936, Attorney General of Ireland from 1922 to 1924.

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Irish Free State

The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921.

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James Geoghegan

James Frank Geoghegan (8 December 1886 – 27 March 1951) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, barrister and judge who served as a judge of the Supreme Court from 1936 to 1950, Attorney General of Ireland from November 1936 to December 1936 and Minister for Justice from 1932 to 1933.

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John A. Costello

John Aloysius Costello (20 June 1891 – 5 January 1976) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1948 to 1951 and 1954 to 1957, Leader of the Opposition from 1951 to 1954 and 1957 to 1959 and Attorney General of Ireland from 1926 to 1932.

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John L. Murray

John Loyola Murray (born 10 May 1943) is a retired Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 2004 to 2011, judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland from 1999 to 2015, Judge of the European Court of Justice from 1992 to 1999 and Attorney General of Ireland from August 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1991.

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John M. Kelly (politician)

John Maurice Kelly (31 August 1931 – 24 January 1991) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism from 1981 to 1982, Minister for Foreign Affairs from June 1981 to October 1981, 17th Attorney General of Ireland from May 1977 to July 1977 and Government Chief Whip from 1973 to 1977.

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John O'Byrne

John O'Byrne (24 April 1884 – 14 January 1954) was an Irish barrister, Attorney General and Supreme Court judge.

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John Rogers (Irish lawyer)

John Rogers was the Attorney General of Ireland from 1984 to 1987.

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Kevin Dixon (attorney general)

Kevin Dixon (1902–1959) was an Irish barrister and judge.

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Kevin Haugh

Kevin O'Hanrahan Haugh (17 November 1901 – 5 April 1969) was an Irish barrister and judge.

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King's Inns

The Honorable Society of King's Inns (HSKI) is the institution which controls the entry of barristers-at-law into the justice system of Ireland.

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Magna Carta

Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "the Great Charter of the Liberties"), commonly called Magna Carta (also Magna Charta; "Great Charter"), is a charter agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.

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Máire Whelan

Máire Rita Whelan (born 24 November 1956) is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the Court of Appeal since June 2017.

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Michael McDowell (politician)

Michael Eoin McDowell SC (born 29 May 1951) is an Irish Independent politician and barrister who served as Tánaiste from 2006 to 2007, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 2002 to 2007, Leader of the Progressive Democrats from 2006 to 2007 and Attorney General of Ireland from 1999 to 2002.

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Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation

The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (An tAire Gnó, Fiontar agus Nuálaíochta) is the senior minister at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation in the Government of Ireland.

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Minister for Justice and Equality

The Minister for Justice and Equality (An tAire Dlí agus Cirt agus Comhionannais) is the senior minister at the Department of Justice and Equality in the Government of Ireland.

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National University of Ireland (constituency)

National University of Ireland (NUI) is a university constituency in Ireland, which currently elects three senators to Seanad Éireann.

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Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England, existing from the early 13th century until 1707, when it became the Parliament of Great Britain after the political union of England and Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Parliament of Ireland

The Parliament of Ireland was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until 1800.

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Patrick Connolly

Patrick (Paddy) Connolly (1927 – 7 January 2016) was an Attorney General of Ireland who was appointed by Charles Haughey.

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Patrick Lynch (Irish attorney general)

Patrick (Paddy) Lynch (10 February 1866 – 9 December 1947) was an Irish politician and barrister.

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Patrick McGilligan

Patrick Joseph McGilligan (12 April 1889 – 15 November 1979) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and lawyer who served as the 14th Attorney General of Ireland from 1954 to 1957, Minister for Finance from 1948 to 1951, Minister for External Affairs from 1927 to 1932 and Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1924 to 1932.

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Paul Gallagher (barrister)

Paul Gallagher SC (born 20 March 1955) is an Irish barrister who served as the Attorney General of Ireland from 2007 to 2011.

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Peter Sutherland

Peter Denis Sutherland (25 April 1946 – 7 January 2018) was an Irish businessman, barrister and politician who served as UN Special Representative for International Migration from 2006 to 2017, Chairman of Goldman Sachs from 1995 to 2015, Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 1993 to 1995, European Commissioner for Competition from 1985 to 1989 and Attorney General of Ireland from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1994.

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Politics of the Republic of Ireland

Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic and a member state of the European Union.

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President of Ireland

The President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland and the Supreme Commander of the Irish Defence Forces.

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Provisional Government of Ireland (1922)

The Provisional Government of Ireland (Rialtas Sealadach na hÉireann) was the provisional government for the administration of Southern Ireland from 16 January 1922 to 5 December 1922.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Rory Brady

Rory Brady (20 August 1957 – 19 July 2010) was an Irish barrister who served as the Attorney General of Ireland from 2002 to 2007.

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Séamus Woulfe

Séamus Philip Woulfe SC (born 1 April 1962) is an Irish barrister who has served as the Attorney General of Ireland since June 2017.

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Senior Counsel

The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel (post-nominal letters: SC) is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British Empire.

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Statute

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a city, state, or country.

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Supreme Court of Ireland

The Supreme Court of Ireland (Cúirt Uachtarach na hÉireann) is the highest judicial authority in the Republic of Ireland.

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Taoiseach

The Taoiseach (pl. Taoisigh) is the prime minister, chief executive and head of government of Ireland.

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Tánaiste

The Tánaiste is the deputy head of government of Ireland and the second-most senior officer in the Government of Ireland.

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Thomas Teevan (attorney general)

Thomas Teevan (1903–1976) was an Irish barrister and judge.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Redirects here:

Attorney General (Ireland), Attorney General of the Irish Free State, Attorney general of ireland, Attorney-General of Ireland, Attorney-General of the Irish Free State, Chief State Solicitor's Office (Ireland).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Ireland

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