Former Bar council chair Sara Phelan among six new judges nominated for appointment

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Former Bar council chair Sara Phelan among six new judges nominated for appointment
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A former chair of The Bar of Ireland, Sara Phelan SC, has been nominated for appointment to the High Court. Photograph: Collins Courts

The six include two nominees to the Court of Appeal – Mr Justice Denis McDonald, a High Court judge since 2018 and manager of its commercial court list, and Anthony Collins, who was Advocate General to the Court of Justice of the European Union between 2021-2024, having previously been a judge of the General Court of the EU.

A former chair of The Bar of Ireland, Sara Phelan SC, has been nominated for appointment to the High Court. The vacancy in that court arose following the appointment of Ms Justice Niamh Hyland to the Court of Appeal in October. Three nominees are for appointment as judges of the District Court. They are solicitors Peter White and Catherine Ghent, and Áine Clancy, who is a solicitor and barrister.

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