Press release
Government grants admission to Inner Bar
- Published on: 22 June 2022
- Last updated on: 4 July 2022
The government has approved the granting of Patents of Precedence and the title of Senior Counsel to the following barristers and solicitors.
Barristers
- Nuala Egan
- Jane Hyland
- Michael O'Connor
- Elva Duffy
- Michael Hourican
- Sinead McGrath
- Garrett Baker
- Leesha O'Driscoll
- Gerardine Small
- Fiona O'Sullivan
- Mellissa English
- Lorna Lynch
- Jennifer O'Connell
- Padraic Lyons
- Bairbre O'Neill
- Sara Antoniotti
- Joe Jeffers
- Tony McGillicuddy
- Reg Jackson
- Imogen McGrath
- Mairead McKenna
- Ailbhe O'Neill
- Moira Flahive
- Glen Gibbons
- Gerard Meehan
- Daniel Cronin
- David Leahy
- Garvan Corkery
Solicitors
- Deborah Spence
- Terence McCrann
- Sinead Kearney
- Aisling Gannon
- Helen Kelly
- Alastair Purdy
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.