Father of Dublin Lord Mayor James Geoghegan came from family steeped in law
The late Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan with his wife, Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, attending the funeral of Judge Paul Carney in 2015. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / The Irish TimesMr Justice Geoghegan came from a family steeped in law. His father, James, was also a Supreme Court judge and in 1981 Mr Justice Geoghegan himself married another retired Supreme Court judge, Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, also from a well-known legal family.
Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan and Ms Justice Catherine McGuinness at the launch of The Origins of the Irish Constitution 1928-1941 by Gerard Hogan at the RIA Dublin. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons / The Irish Times It was “an absurd idea that because a judge or other powers-that-be demonstrate concern for the rehabilitation of a criminal, they are thereby showing lack of respect or lack of concern for the victim”, he said.
“The one clear message that should be got across is that rehabilitation is always to the benefit of the public even more than it is to the benefit of the prisoner,” he said.
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