The new President of the High Court has made the declaration required by the Constitution to take up her position.
Ms Justice Mary Irvine is the first female president of the court and is the first judge to have held four judicial offices in the history of the State.
She was a High Court judge, a Court of Appeal judge and a judge of the Supreme Court before becoming High Court President.
The new President of the High Court Ms Justice Mary Irvine has made the declaration required by the constitution to take up her new position . pic.twitter.com/PArjtxpzkI
— Colm Hand (@ColmHand) June 19, 2020
She made the declaration in the Supreme Court this evening before the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke.
Ms Justice Irvine is from Dublin and was called to the bar in 1978. She became a senior counsel in 1996 and specialised mainly in medical law.
She became a High Court judge in 2007 and was in charge of the personal injuries list from 2009 to 2014.
She became a court of appeal judge when that court was established in 2014 and was appointed to chair the Cervical Check Tribunal in 2018.
