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Judicial Appointments Advisory Board

Ireland · state board · Department of Justice

11 listed seats · 2 vacant

The Hon. Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell Chair Chair 2021
Eleanor O'Higgins (Dr.) Board Member 2023–2024 first appointed 2015 term ended
His Honour Judge Paul Kelly Board Member 2021
John Shaw, Solicitor Board Member 2024–2027 first appointed 2014
Rossa Fanning SC Board Member 2022
Sara Phelan SC Board Member 2022–2025 term ended
The Hon. Mr. Justice David Barniville Board Member 2022
The Hon. Mr. Justice George Birmingham Board Member 2018
The Hon. Ms. Justice Patricia Ryan Board Member 2019
Vacant seat Board Member to 2021
Vacant seat Board member

About this record

This is the State Boards register as published: every board listed under every government department on the official site. Appointments and vacancies change over time, so this is a snapshot of the register on the date shown, not a live feed.

People are shown as named on the board record. Ireland publishes no person identifier alongside these appointments, so this register does not claim that the same name on two boards is the same person. Vacant seats are published by the register as vacancies and are shown here as such.

Source: membership.stateboards.ie, the State Boards membership register published by the Government of Ireland, retrieved 23rd July 2026. Reproduced as published, in our own structure and wording. An independent register, not affiliated with any government department. For information only.