Committees of Council
The newly formed Council at King’s Inns for a succeeding year shall meet in December in each year to elect one or more committees to deal with the following matters:
- finance, building and general purposes (Standing Committee),
- the education of students and further education of barristers (Education Committee),
- the Society’s Library (Library Committee),
- commons, recreation and social affairs (Commons Committee),
- professional practice (Professional Practice Committee),
- matters affecting non–practising barristers (Graduates Members’ Committee).
Council may also elect at any time such other committees, whether annual or ad hoc, to deal with any other matters as it may from time to time deem necessary.
Full details of how Committees operate and are elected can be found in the General Rules of the Society.
Standing Committee 2021
Name
Position
Council
Mr Hugh I. Mohan SC
Chair ex officio
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Ms Sara Moorhead SC
Hon. Treasurer ex officio
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Ms Elizabeth Donovan
Hon. Secretary ex officio
Practising Bar Panel
Ms Maura McNally SC
Chair, The Bar of Ireland ex officio
Professional Body Panel
Mr Seámus Clarke SC
Treasurer, The Bar of Ireland ex officio
Professional Body Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice Baker
Chair, Education Committee ex officio
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Mr Justice Barniville
Chair, Commons Committee ex officio
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Mr James O’Reilly SC
Chair, Library Committee ex officio
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Mr Tom Mallon
Elected Member
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Mr Michael McDowell SC
Elected Member
Bar Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice Burns
Co-Opted Member
Judicial Benchers' Panel
Mr Finbar Fox SC
Co-Opted Member
Mr Micheál O'Connell SC
Co-Opted Member
Practising Bar Panel
Ms Siobhán Lankford SC
Co-Opted Member
Education Committee 2021
Committee Member
Position
Council
The Hon. Ms Justice Baker
Chair
Judicial Benchers' Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice Burns
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Mr Michael Collins SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Ms Sara Moorhead SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Mr Joseph O’Sullivan
.
Professional Body Panel
Mr Dara Hayes
.
Professional Body Panel
Ms Denise Brett SC
.
Professional Bar Panel
Ms Elizabeth Donovan
.
Practising Bar Panel
Mr William Abrahamson
.
Co-Opted Member
Mr Peter Somers
.
Co-Opted Member
Mr Tadhg Dorgan
.
Co-Opted Member
Ms Grainne Larkin
.
Co-Opted Member
Library Committee 2021
Committee Member
Position
Council
Mr James O’Reilly SC
Chair
Bar Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Mr Justice Edwards
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Ms Mema Byrne
.
Professional Body Panel
Ms Elizabeth Donovan
.
Practising Bar Panel
Ms Maura McNally SC
.
Professional Body Panel
Mr John Rogers SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice Butler
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Mr Michael Cush SC
.
Bar Benchers' Panel
Prof Colum Kenny
.
Co-Opted Member
Dr Kenneth Ferguson
.
Co-Opted Member
Mr John Wilde Crosbie
.
Co-Opted Member
Mr David Nolan SC
.
Co-Opted Member
Commons Committee 2021
Committee Members
Position
Council
The Hon. Mr Justice Barniville
Chair
Judicial Benchers' Panel
Mr Hugh Mohan SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Mr George Maguire
.
Practising Bar Panel
Mr Joseph O'Sullivan
.
Professional Body Panel
Mr Fergal Foley
.
Bar Benchers' Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice Pilkington
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Ms Susan Lennox
.
Practising Bar Panel
Mr Tom Mallon
.
Bar Benchers' Panel
Professional Practice Committee 2021
Committee Members
Position
Council
The Hon. Mr Justice Edwards
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice Pilkington
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Mr Michael Collins SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Mr Aillil O'Reilly
.
Practising Bar Panel
Mr George Maguire
.
Practising Bar Panel
Mr Joseph O’Sullivan
.
Professional Body Panel
Ms Sara Phelan SC
.
Professional Body Panel
Ms Sally O’Neill
.
Practising Bar Panel
Graduate Members’ Committee 2021
Committee Members
Position
Council
The Hon. Mr Justice Keane
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Mr Tom Mallon
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Mr Dara Hayes
.
Professional Body Panel
Mr Michael McDowell SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Ms Kate Ahern
.
Practising Bar Panel
Mr Robert O'Reilly
.
Practising Bar Panel
Ms Patricia McCallum SC
.
Practising Bar Panel
Mr Brian Byrne
.
Non-Practising Panel