The Irish Government has agreed to nominate Mr. Mark Dunne, SC and Mr. Micheál O’Connell, SC as Ordinary Judges of the High Court.
Biographical Details of nominees:
Mr. Mark Dunne, SC
Educated at University College Dublin and the Honourable Society of King’s Inns.
Called to the Bar in 1998. Called to the Inner Bar in 2019.
Legal practice mostly included Administrative Law, Commercial/Chancery, Dispute Resolution, General Common Law, Judicial Review and Tort & Personal Injury Law.
Mr. Micheál O’Connell, SC
Educated at Trinity College Dublin and the Honourable Society of King’s Inns.
Called to the Bar in 1999.
Called to the Inner Bar in 2018.
Legal practice mostly included Commercial/Chancery, General Practice, Conveyancing & Property Law.
One nomination will fill a current vacancy and the second nomination is contingent upon a vacancy arising on 27th day of December 2025.
The current vacancy arises due to the elevation of the Hon. Mr. Justice Alexander Owens to the Court of Appeal, on the 29th day of September 2025.
The reasonably anticipated second vacancy arises due to the scheduled retirement of Judge Ms Mary Ellen Ring on the 27th day of December 2025.
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