Patricia Ryan (judge) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon. Ms. Justice
Patricia Ryan
Office:President of the Circuit Court
Term Start:13 July 2019
Nominator:Government of Ireland
Appointer:Michael D. Higgins
Predecessor:Raymond Groarke
Office1:Judge of the Circuit Court
Term Start1:2 July 2002
Nominator1:Government of Ireland
Appointer1:Mary McAleese
Nationality:Irish
Children:2

Patricia Ryan is an Irish judge who has served as President of the Circuit Court since 2019 and a Judge of the Circuit Court since July 2002.

Early life

Ryan attended University College Dublin and the King's Inns. She was called to the Irish Bar in 1984.[1] She acted in cases including those involving personal injuries.[2] [3]

She was appointed a vice-chairperson of the Employment Appeals Tribunal in 1998 and was re-appointed in 2001.[4]

Judicial career

Circuit Court

Ryan was nominated to the Circuit Court in June 2002 and appointed in July 2002.[5] [6] She has presided over criminal law trials involving dangerous driving, manslaughter, fraud, sexual offences, theft, harassment, health and safety law, and drugs offences.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

She sat on the Special Criminal Court.[15]

President of the Circuit Court

She became the President of the Circuit Court in July 2019.[16] [17]

Personal life

Ryan married Brian Lenihan Jnr in 1997 with whom she had two children. Lenihan died in 2011.[18] [19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nomination of a Judge of the Court of Appeal, a President of the Circuit Court and a President of the District Court . merrionstreet.ie . 5 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220105124955/https://merrionstreet.ie/en/category-index/crime-justice/nomination_of_a_judge_of_the_court_of_appeal_a_president_of_the_circuit_court_and_a_president_of_the_district_court.148991.shortcut.html . 5 January 2022 . en.
  2. News: Brother to share crash damages . 5 January 2022 . The Irish Times . en.
  3. News: £10,000 award for broken nose . 5 January 2022 . The Irish Times . en.
  4. Web site: Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments . 9 October 2002 . Oireachtas . 5 January 2022.
  5. News: Coulter . Carol . Nine new judges named include a solicitor . 5 January 2022 . The Irish Times . en.
  6. Web site: No. 54 – 749 . . 5 January 2022 . 5 July 2002.
  7. News: Traynor . Vivienne . Man sentenced for dangerous driving causing death . 5 January 2022 . RTÉ News . 11 May 2018 . en.
  8. News: Manslaughter jury warned over media coverage . 5 January 2022 . RTÉ News . 1 May 2014 . en.
  9. News: Dutch man jailed over €200,000 social welfare fraud . 5 January 2022 . RTÉ News . 26 July 2019 . en.
  10. News: Man pleads guilty to six sexual offences against girl . 5 January 2022 . RTÉ News . 7 March 2017 . en.
  11. News: Former solicitor jailed for stealing from clients . 5 January 2022 . RTÉ News . 8 December 2016 . en.
  12. News: Man gets five years for harassment . 5 January 2022 . The Irish Times . en.
  13. News: Builders fined €10,000 over unsafe machine . 5 January 2022 . independent . en.
  14. News: Cocaine plea . 5 January 2022 . independent . en.
  15. News: Two men appear in court charged with IRA membership . 5 January 2022 . RTÉ News . 3 August 2017 . en.
  16. Web site: No. 59 – 1047 . . 5 January 2022 . 23 July 2019.
  17. Web site: Annual Report 2019 . JAAB . 5 January 2022.
  18. News: Brian Lenihan: a life in politics . 5 January 2022 . The Irish Times . en.
  19. Web site: Maume . Patrick . Lenihan, Brian . Dictionary of Irish Biography . 5 January 2022 . March 2021.

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