Committees of Council
Page last updated: Thursday, February 9, 2023
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 2023
Name
Position
Council
Hugh I. Mohan SC
Chair, King's Inns ex officio
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Sara Moorhead SC
Hon. Treasurer, King's Inns ex officio
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Elizabeth Donovan BL
Hon. Secretary, King's Inns ex officio
Practising Bar Panel
Sara Phelan SC
Chair, The Bar of Ireland ex officio
Professional Body Panel
Seámus Clarke SC
Treasurer, The Bar of Ireland ex officio
Professional Body Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice Marie Baker
Chair, Education Committee ex officio
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Mr Justice David Barniville
Chair, Commons Committee ex officio
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
James O’Reilly SC
Chair, Library Committee ex officio
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Finbarr Fox SC
Elected Member
Bar Benchers' Panel
Jacqueline O'Brien SC
Elected Member
Bar Benchers' Panel
Paul McCarthy SC
Co-Opted Member
.
Education Committee 2023
Committee Member
Position
Council
The Hon. Ms Justice Marie Baker
Chair
Judicial Benchers' Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice Tara Burns
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Micheál O'Connell SC
.
.
Aoife Farrelly BL
.
Professional Body Panel
Joseph O’Sullivan BL
.
.
David Nolan SC
.
Bar Benchers' Panel
Denise Brett SC
.
Professional Body Panel
Elizabeth Donovan BL
.
Practising Bar Panel
William Abrahamson SC
Co-Opted Member
.
Tadhg Dorgan BL
Co-Opted Member
.
Pearse Sreenan SC
Co-Opted Member
.
Library Committee 2023
Committee Member
Position
Council
James O’Reilly SC
Chair
Bar Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Mr Justice John Edwards
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
David Nolan SC
.
Bar Benchers' Panel
Elizabeth Donovan BL
.
Practising Bar Panel
Maura McNally SC
.
.
John Rogers SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice Nuala Butler
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Lewis Mooney BL
.
Professional Body Panel
Dr Kenneth Ferguson BL
Co-Opted Member
.
John Wilde Crosbie BL
Co-Opted Member
.
Prof Colum Kenny BL
Co-Opted Member
.
Commons Committee 2023
Committee Members
Position
Council
The Hon. Mr Justice David Barniville
Chair
Judicial Benchers' Panel
Fergal Foley BL
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
George Maguire BL
.
Practising Bar Panel
Joseph O'Sullivan BL
.
.
Tom Mallon BL
.
.
The Hon. Ms Justice Teresa Pilkington
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Paul McGarry SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Paul O'Higgins SC
.
.
Imogen McGrath SC
.
.
Professional Practices Committee 2023
Committee Members
Position
Council
The Hon. Mr Justice John Edwards
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice Teresa Pilkington
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Sally O'Neill BL
.
Practising Bar Panel
Murray Johnson SC
.
Professional Body Panel
George Maguire BL
.
Practising Bar Panel
Shane Murphy SC
.
Bar Benchers' Panel
Sara Phelan SC
.
Professional Body Panel
Kate Ahern BL
.
Practising Bar Panel
Graduate Members’ Committee 2023
Committee Members
Position
Council
The Hon. Mr Justice David Keane
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Sara Moorhead SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
James Mulcahy BL
.
Non-Practising Panel
David Nolan SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Kate Ahern BL
.
Practising Bar Panel
Robert O'Reilly BL
.
Practising Bar Panel
Ian Fitzharris BL
.
Practising Bar Panel
Lewis Mooney BL
.
Professional Body Panel
Colum Walsh BL
.
Non-Practising Panel