Hugh Geoghegan

Hugh Geoghegan

Infobox Judge


honorific-prefix =The Hon. Mr. Justice
name =Hugh Geoghegan
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office =Judge of the Supreme Court
term_start =March 8 2000
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nominator =Government of Ireland
appointer =Mary McAleese
predecessor =Donal Barrington
successor =
office2 =Judge of the High Court
term_start2 =1992
term_end2 =March 8 2000
nominator2 =Government of Ireland
appointer2 =Mary Robinson
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successor2 =
birth_date =1938
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nationality =Irish
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spouse =Mary Finlay Geoghegan
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alma_mater =King's Inns
occupation =
profession =Judge, Barrister
religion =unknown


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footnotes =The Honourable Mr. Justice Hugh Geoghegan (born 1938) has been a justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland of Ireland since March 8 2000 [http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=6&engagement=200010&lang=eng] , having been nominated by the Government of Ireland on February 22, 2000. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0222/supremecourt.html] He replaced Mr Justice Donal Barrington. Before appointment to the Supreme Court, Geoghegan had spent eight years as a judge of the High Court, being nominated to that position by the short-lived Fianna Fáil-Labour coalition.

Geoghegan has the special distinction of being the first son of a Supreme Court judge to follow in his father's footsteps. His father James Geoghegan was a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála representing Longford Westmeath from 1930 to 1937, Minister for Justice, Attorney General, and judge of the the Supreme Court.

Mr. Justice Geoghegan is married to Mary Finlay Geoghegan who, in 2002, became the third female judge of the High Court of Ireland. They have three children. His father-in-law Thomas Finlay is a former Chief Justice (1985 - 1994).

In the 1980s, as a senior counsel Geoghegan served on the Circuit Court Rules Committee, along with future judicial colleague Michael Moriarty. [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1983/en/si/0267.html] He also appeared before the tribunal of inquiry into the Stardust fire. [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0331/D.0331.198112090017.html] He is a former auditor and current vice-president of the UCD Law Society


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