Mark J Dunne SC

Mark J Dunne was called to the bar in 1998 and to the Inner Bar in 2019.

He read law in University College Dublin obtaining a Bachelor of Civil Law degree (honours) in 1994.  He obtained his Barrister-at-Law degree (honours) from the Honourable Society of Kings Inns in 1998.

He has an extensive general civil practice and specialises in personal injuries, professional negligence, administrative law/judicial review, non-jury actions, asylum law, defamation law, employment law and general commercial litigation.      He is regularly retained on behalf of the State, State Agencies, Insurance Companies media organisations  and private clients throughout the country.

He has appeared on behalf of clients in all of the courts in the State,  as well the Court of Justice of the European Union and various tribunals and commissions, including the Planning Tribunal, the Disclosures Tribunal, the Residential Institutions Redress Board, the Inquiry into the receipt, distribution and sale of tickets to Olympic Games (the Moran Inquiry) and  the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes.

He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and acts for clients in arbitrations and also as  an Arbitrator.    He is a CEDR Accredited Mediator and an International Mediation Institute Qualified Mediator.

Selected cases listed below.

• Wicklow County Council v. Fenton (No. 2) [2002] 4 IR 44
• Grimes v. Punchestown Developments Co. Ltd. [2002] 4 IR 515
• McHugh v. Kildare County Council [2006] 1 IR 100
• Director of Public Prosecutions (King) v. Tallon [2007] 2 IR 230
• Shell E & P Ireland Ltd. v. McGrath (No. 3) [2007] 4 IR 277
• Shell E. & P. Ireland Ltd. v. McGrath (No. 2) [2007] 2 IR 574
• Shell E. & P. Ireland Ltd. v. McGrath [2007] 1 IR 671
• IMPACT & Ors v Ryanair Ltd [2007] 1 I.L.R.M. 45
• Murphy v. Minister for Environment [2008] 3 IR 438
• Breslin v. McKenna [2009] 1 IR 298
• McHugh v. Kildare County Council [2009] 2 IR 407
• McCoy v. McGill [2010] 2 IR 417
• Digital Rights Ireland Ltd. v. Minister for Communications [2010] 3 IR 251
• Re Millstream Recycling Ltd [2010] 4 IR 253
• G. v. Judge Murphy [2011] 3 IR 748
• McLoughlin v Setanta Insurance Services Limited [2012] 23 E.L.R. 57
• Hall v. Minister for Finance [2013] 1 IR 620
• Collins v. Minister for Finance [2013] 4 IR 522
• B v Minister for Social Protection [2014] 2 I.L.R.M. 290
• Mannion v Naughton [2014] 25 E.L.R. 36
• McEnery v. Commissioner of An Garda Síochána [2016] 1 I.R. 201
• S.B. v. Minister for Social Protection [2016] 1 I.R. 335
• Collins v. Minister for Finance [2017] 3 I.R. 99
• UPC Communications Ireland Ltd (now Virgin Media Ireland Ltd) v Employment Appeals Tribunal [2018] 29 E.L.R. 133
• Breslin v. McKenna [2008] IEHC 122
• Redern Ltd v O’Mahony & Ors [2010] IEHC 253
• Walsh v Commissioner of AN Garda Síochána & Ors [2010] IEHC 257
• Dowling & Ors v Min for Finance & Ors [2012] IEHC 89
• Robinson v Dublin City Council & Ors [2012] IEHC 605
• Webster v Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Ireland and Attorney General [2013] IEHC 119
• Walsh v Revington & Ors [2013] IEHC 408
• Walsh v Revington & Ors (No.2) [2013] IEHC 485
• Dowling & Others v. The Minister for Finance[2014] IEHC 418
• McEnery v. Commissioner of An Garda Síochána [2014] IEHC 545
• Walsh v Revington & Ors [2015] IESC 34
• McEnery v. Commissioner of An Garda Síochána [2015] IECA 217
• McEnery v. Commissioner of An Garda Síochána [2016] IESC 66
• Purcell v Central Bank of Ireland [2016] IEHC 514
• Quinn v Athlone Town Council & Ors [2017] IESC 79
• Murtagh v Kilrane [2017] IEHC 384
• Dowling & Others v. The Minister for Finance[2017] IEHC 520
• Dowling & Others v. The Minister for Finance [2017] IEHC 832
• Cronin v Student Grants Appeals Board [2017] IEHC 562
• McCaffrey v Central Bank of Ireland [2017] IEHC 546
• McCaffrey v Central Bank of Ireland [2017] IEHC 659
• Kehoe v Raidió Teilifí Éireann [2018] IEHC 340
• A. (Pakistan) v The Minister for Justice and Equality [2018] IEHC 397
• A. v The Chief International Protection Officer [2018] IEHC 499
• H. (Albania) v The Chief International Protection Officer [2018] IEHC 559
• RS -v- The Chief International Protection Officer & Ors [2018] IECA 3
• Barry v Minister for Education and Skills [2019] IEHC 955
• Commissioner of Valuation v Hibernian Wind Power Ltd [2021] IEHC 49
• O v Minister for Justice [2022] IEHC 617
• A (Albania) v Minister for Justice & Equality [2023] IEHC 692
• A v International Protection Appeals Tribunal [2021] IEHC 25
• Hibernian Wind Power Ltd v Commissioner of Valuation [2023] IECA 12
• ASA v ASA v Minister for Justice & Equality [2021] IEHC 276
• HK v Minister for Justice & Equality [2021] IEHC 40
• I v Minister for Justice & Equality [2019] IEHC 515
• Fitzpatrick v Behan (in his capacity as Taxing Master) & Kirby [2020] IECA 324
• A & B v International Protection Appeals Tribunal [2022] IESC 35.
• ASA v Minister for Justice & Equality [2022] IESC 49
• ASA v Minister for Justice & Equality [2022] IESC 4
• MK v Minister for Justice & Equality [2022] IESC 48.
• Zalewski v The Workplace Relations Commissioner [2022] 1 IR 421
• HK v Minister for Justice & Equality [2022] IECA 141
• S.H. v Minister for Justice [2024] IECA 44

• Publicans’ Liability for Injuries Off the Premises [2000 Vol 5(3) Bar Review 152-157]

• Secondary Victims and Nervous Shock [2000 Vol 5(7) Bar Review 383-386]

• Employers’ Liability for Employee Stress [2000 Vol 5(9) Bar Review 503-505]