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The Supreme Court was formally established on 29 September 1961 under the terms of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland. [1] [2] Prior to 1961, a transitory provision of the 1937 Constitution permitted the Supreme Court of the Irish Free State to continue, though the justices were required to take the new oath of office prescribed by the 1937 Constitution. [3]
List of judges of the Supreme Court of Ireland Liosta Breithiúna Chúirt Uachtarach na hÉireann Established 29 December 1937 Jurisdiction Ireland Authorised by Constitution of Ireland, Article 34 Judge term length Until aged 70, 7 years for Chief Justice Number of positions 10 and 2 ex officio members Website www.supremecourt.ie The Supreme Court of Ireland is the highest judicial authority ...
The office of president was established in 1937, in part as a replacement for the office of governor-general that existed during the 1922–1937 Irish Free State. The seven-year term of office of the president was inspired by that of the presidents of Weimar Germany. At the time the office was established critics warned that the post might lead ...
The chief justice of the Supreme Court was created under the Courts of Justice Act 1924. Before 1922 the lord chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland. [4] Between 1922 and 1924, the lord chief Justice of Ireland was the most senior judge in the Irish Free State. The Supreme Court sits in the Four Courts. When the ...
Tánaiste is the official title of the deputy head of government in both English and Irish, and is not used for other countries' deputy prime ministers, who are referred to in Irish by the generic term leas-phríomh-aire, pronounced [ˈl̠ʲasˠ ˌfʲɾʲiːw ˈaɾʲə], approximately / ˌ l æ s f r iː ˈ v ɛər ə / LASS-free-VAIR-ə.
The final court of appeal is the Supreme Court, which consists of the Chief Justice, nine ordinary judges and, ex officio the Presidents of the Court of Appeal and the High Court. The Supreme Court rarely sits as a full bench and normally hears cases in chambers of three, five or seven judges.
In 1938–40 the "Court and Personal" column of The Irish Times, a Dublin newspaper of unionist background, was criticised by the Fianna Fáil government for listing the President's engagements after those of the British Royal Family and others, including leading members of the former Protestant Ascendancy — what Frank Aiken called "every ...
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