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 2022
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
Hon. Secretary, King's Inns ex officio
Practising Bar Panel
Maura McNally 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
The Hon. Ms Justice Tara Burns
Co-Opted Member
Judicial Benchers' Panel
Micheál O'Connell SC
Co-Opted Member
Practising Bar Panel
Siobhán Lankford SC
Co-Opted Member
Education Committee 2022
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
.
Practising Bar Panel
Aoife Farrelly
.
Professional Body Panel
Joseph O’Sullivan
.
Professional Body Panel
David Nolan SC
.
Bar Benchers' Panel
Denise Brett SC
.
Professional Body Panel
Elizabeth Donovan
.
Practising Bar Panel
Library Committee 2022
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
.
Practising Bar Panel
Maura McNally SC
.
Professional Body Panel
John Rogers SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice Nuala Butler
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Michael Cush SC
.
Bar Benchers' Panel
Dr Kenneth Ferguson
.
Co-Opted Member
Prof Colum Kenny
.
Co-Opted Member
John Wilde Crosbie
.
Co-Opted Member
Commons Committee 2022
Committee Members
Position
Council
The Hon. Mr Justice David Barniville
Chair
Judicial Benchers' Panel
Fergal Foley
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
George Maguire
.
Practising Bar Panel
Joseph O'Sullivan
.
Professional Body Panel
Tom Mallon
.
The Hon. Ms Justice Teresa Pilkington
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Paul McGarry SC
.
Paul O'Higgins SC
.
Imogen McGrath
.
Professional Practice Committee 2022
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
.
Practising Bar Panel
Murray Johnson SC
.
Professional Body Panel
George Maguire
.
Practising Bar Panel
Joseph O’Sullivan
.
Professional Body Panel
Sara Phelan SC
.
Professional Body Panel
Michael Cush SC
.
Bar Benchers' Panel
Graduate Members’ Committee 2022
Committee Members
Position
Council
The Hon. Mr Justice David Keane
.
Judicial Benchers’ Panel
Sara Moorhead SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
James Mulcahy
.
Non-Practising Panel
David Nolan SC
.
Bar Benchers’ Panel
Kate Ahern
.
Practising Bar Panel
Robert O'Reilly
.
Practising Bar Panel
Patricia McCallum
.
Practising Bar Panel
Brian Byrne
.
Non-Practising Panel