Press release
Government Grants Patents of Precedence
- Published on: 10 July 2024
- Last updated on: 12 April 2025
The Government on 9 July 2024 granted Patents of Precedence and the title of Senior Counsel to the following barristers and solicitors:
| Barristers | Solicitors | |
| Claire Collins | David Bergin | |
| John Francis Hayden | Myra Garrett | |
| Eamon Marray | John Meade | |
| Lorcan Connolly | Marco Hickey | |
| Ciara Daly | Michelle Ní Longáin | |
| Tabitha Wood | David Herlihy | |
| Susan Ahern | John Cahir | |
| Donal O’Sullivan | ||
| Gareth Compton | ||
| Carl Hanahoe | ||
| Alison Keirse | ||
| Eoin Lawlor | ||
| Peter Shanley | ||
| Gráinne Duggan | ||
| Michael D. Hourigan | ||
| Jarlath Ryan | ||
| Aoife Carroll | ||
| Seoirse Ó Dúnlaing | ||
| Anthony Hanrahan | ||
| Louise Reilly | ||
| David Whelan | ||
| Barry M. Ward | ||
| Frank Crean | ||
| John Berry | ||
| Colin Smith | ||
| David Fennelly | ||
| Fionnuala O’Sullivan |
Patents of Precedence are granted under the terms of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 by the Government, on the advice of the Advisory Committee on the grant of Patents of Precedence.
The Advisory Committee consists of the Chief Justice, the President of the Court of Appeal, the President of the High Court, the Attorney General, the Chairperson of the Bar Council, the President of the Law Society and a lay member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority nominated by the Minister for Justice.