Council & Committees

The General Council of The Bar of Ireland Members 2019 - 2020

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The members of the Bar Council are elected annually by the members of the Law Library. The Council consists of 10 practitioners from the Inner Bar, 10 practitioners from the Outer Bar and four co-opts. The Council is chaired by a Chairperson elected for a two-year term.

Inner Bar Panel

• Mr Seamus Woulfe SC - Attorney General 

• Micheál P. O’Higgins SC - Chairman

• Conor Dignam SC - Vice - Chair

• Denise Brett SC

• Séamus Clarke SC

• Sean Gillane SC

• Maura McNally SC

• Tim O'Leary SC

• Seán Ó hUallachain SC

• Sara Phelan SC

• Elizabeth O'Connell SC (Co-opted December 2019)

Outer Bar Panel

• Rachel Baldwin BL

• Mema Byrne BL

• Garrett Cooney BL

• Tracy Ennis Faherty BL

• Anita Finucane BL

• Moira Flahive BL

• Paul Gunning BL

• Dara Hayes BL

• Darren Lehane BL

• Joseph O'Sullivan BL

 

Co-Optees:

• Aoife McNickle BL

• Patrick R O'Brien

• Heather Nicholas BL

• Patrick Leonard SC