Chief Justice of Ireland

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The Chief Justice of Ireland is the head of the Irish judiciary and presiding judge of the Supreme Court, overseeing the administration of justice and the operation of the courts.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
advisedBy Government of Ireland ⓘ
appointedBy President of Ireland ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 34 of the Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Ireland
courtSeat Four Courts ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ireland courtroom ⓘ
currentHolder Donal O’Donnell ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate October 2021 ⓘ
firstHolder Hugh Kennedy ⓘ
formationDate 1924 ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil cases at Supreme Court level ⓘ
criminal cases at Supreme Court level ⓘ
headOf Irish judiciary ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Ireland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn Dublin, Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Dublin
mandatoryRetirementAge 70 ⓘ
maySitIn Court of Appeal (Ireland) ⓘ
High Court (Ireland) ⓘ
memberOf Council of State (Ireland) ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ireland ⓘ
nativeLabel Príomh-Bhreitheamh na hÉireann ⓘ
nominatedBy Government of Ireland ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Courts of Justice Act 1924 ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Chief Justice ⓘ
officeType non-political ⓘ
oversees administration of justice in Ireland ⓘ
operation of the courts in Ireland ⓘ
participatesIn appointment process for judges in Ireland ⓘ
partOf Courts of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Irish judiciary
precededBy Lord Chancellor of Ireland ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
presidesOver Supreme Court of Ireland ⓘ
rank highest-ranking judge in Ireland ⓘ
residence Dublin ⓘ
responsibleFor allocation of work of the Supreme Court ⓘ
representing the judiciary in relations with the executive ⓘ
representing the judiciary in relations with the legislature ⓘ
sitsWith ordinary judges of the Supreme Court of Ireland ⓘ
style The Honorable ⓘ
symbolizes independence of the judiciary in Ireland ⓘ
termLength until mandatory retirement age ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Ireland → oathSwornBefore → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
George Gavan Duffy → positionHeld → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
Council of State (Ireland) → exOfficioMembersInclude → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
Irish judiciary → headedBy → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
Courts of Justice → headedBy → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
Príomh-Bhreitheamh na hÉireann → officeHolderOf → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
Príomh-Bhreitheamh na hÉireann → titleInEnglish → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
Courts of Justice Act 1924 → createdOffice → Chief Justice of the Irish Free State ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of Ireland
Donal O’Donnell → positionHeld → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
Council of State (Ireland) → exOfficioMember → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of State
President of the High Court → succeedsInRank → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
President of the High Court → oathAdministeredBy → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
Presidential Commission (Ireland) → composition → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
subject linked to: Presidential Commission
Presidential Commission (Ireland) → memberPosition → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
subject linked to: Presidential Commission
Supreme Court of Ireland → hasPosition → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ireland → headOfCourt → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland → replacedBy → Chief Justice of the Irish Free State ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of Ireland
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland → replacedBy → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
Thomas F. O'Higgins → positionHeld → Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ