She wore her legal expertise lightly and dealt with everyone who appeared before her with courtesy, common sense and good humour
Judge Marie Quirke 'had incredible emotional intelligence, which enabled her to treat litigants with great empathy'. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónailljudge and former solicitor who never lost her enthusiasm for the law after more than a decade on the bench. She trained fellow judges, taught with theher academic prowess was evident from a young age and schoolfriends recalled how she would help others with school work.We would not invite Putin or Netanyahu to Ireland.
President of the District Court, Mr Justice Paul Kelly, said she embodied all the best qualities of a judge, “extensive legal knowledge, experience and expertise, patience, fairness, compassion, and a deep understanding of the human condition”. In an online condolence, Judge Keenan Johnson said she was a positive force of nature who brightened every room she entered. “She was blessed with an amazing intellect and an insatiable appetite for knowledge,” he said. “She had incredible emotional intelligence, which enabled her to treat litigants with great empathy.”
She had been a District Court judge for almost 13 years at the time of her death and Legal Aid Board chief executive Joan Crawford said her empathy and consideration to those who she represented or appeared before her in court had never diminished. Other colleagues remembered the glint of mischief in her eyes, and the deep belly laugh that seemed to erupt from nowhere and fill the room.
Marie Quirke is survived by her husband Alan, daughter Dearbhla, son Tiernan, her brothers Dick and Tony, and extended family.
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