Department of the Taoiseach

07/15/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/15/2025 17:03

Government Grants Patents of Precendence

Press release

Government Grants Patents of Precendence

  • From: Department of the Taoiseach

  • Published on: 15 July 2025
  • Last updated on: 15 July 2025

The Government today granted Patents of Precedence and the title of Senior Counsel to the following barristers and solicitors:

Barristers

Solicitors

Mr Michael O'Donnell

Mr Duncan Inverarity

Mr Barry Doherty

Mr Gerard Kelly

Ms Kilda Mooney

Ms Gráinne Lee

Ms Patricia Hill

Ms Jeananne McGovern

Mr David O'Dwyer

Mr Proinsias Ó Maolchalain

Mr Rory White

Ms Mary-Jo Butler

Mr Conall MacCarthy

Mr Seamus Breen

Mr Cormac MacNamara

Mr Garrett McCormack

Mr Michael Binchy

Mr James Burke

Mr Diarmuid Collins

Mr Conor J. O'Doherty

Ms Shelley Horan

Mr Alan Brady

Mr Mark William Murphy

Mr Morgan Shelley

Mr Marc Thompson Grolimund

Mr Andrew Whelan

Mr Kevin John White

Ms Diana Stuart

Patents of Precedence are granted under the terms of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 by the Government, on the advice of the Advisory Committee on the grant of Patents of Precedence.

The Advisory Committee consists of the Chief Justice, the President of the Court of Appeal, the President of the High Court, the Attorney General, the Chairperson of the Bar Council, the President of the Law Society and a lay member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority nominated by the Minister for Justice.

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