Iseult O'Malley

The Hon. Ms. Justice
Iseult O'Malley
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland
Assumed office
6 October 2015
Nominated by Government of Ireland
Appointed by Michael D. Higgins
Personal details
Born 1964 (age 51–52)
Nationality Irish
Alma mater Trinity College Dublin, King's Inns
Occupation Barrister

Iseult O'Malley (born 1964) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland.

She was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and King's Inns.[1] She is a granddaughter of Kevin O'Higgins, the Minister for Justice who was assassinated in the 1927.[2] She was called to the Bar in 1987, and became a Senior Counsel in 2007.[1] She was appointed as a judge of the High Court in 2012.[2] She had practised mainly in criminal law, and was Director and Chair of the Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) from 1985 to 2012. She won a Person of the Year Award in 2004 for her work with FLAC.[1]

She was nominated to the Supreme Court in July 2015[3] and was appointed by the President of Ireland on 1 October 2015.[4] She made the Declaration required by the Constitution of a Judge of the Supreme Court on 6 October 2015.[5]


References

  1. 1 2 3 "Appointments to the Supreme Court, High Court and District Court". MerrionStreet.ie. 23 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Top barrister at tribunal appointed High Court judge". Irish Examiner. 9 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Iseult O’Malley to be appointed as Supreme Court judge". The Irish Times. 22 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Appointment of Judge of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court". Áras an Uachtaráin website www.president.ie. 1 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Supreme Court: 6th October 2015". Supreme Court Legal Diary. 6 October 2015.
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