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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:

  1. finance, building and general purposes (Standing Committee),

  2. the education of students and further education of barristers (Education Committee),

  3. the Society’s Library (Library Committee),

  4. commons, recreation and social affairs (Commons Committee),

  5. professional practice (Professional Practice Committee),

  6. 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 2025

Mr Hugh Mohan SCChair, King's Inns ex officioBar Benchers’ Panel
Ms Sara Moorhead SCHon. Treasurer, King's Inns ex officioBar Benchers’ Panel
Ms Elizabeth Donovan BLHon. Secretary, King's Inns ex officioPractising Bar Panel
Mr Sean Guerin SC, Chairman, Bar Council ex officioChair, Bar Council ex officioProfessional Body Panel
Mr Seamus Clarke SC, Treasurer, Bar Council ex officioTreasurer, Bar Council ex officioProfessional Body Panel
The Hon. Mr Justice BurnsChair, Education Committee ex officioJudicial Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Mr Justice BarnivilleChair, Commons Committee ex officioJudicial Benchers’ Panel
Mr James O’Reilly SCChair, Library Committee ex officioBar Benchers’ Panel
ELECTED MEMBERS
The Hon Mr Justice David NolanJudicial Benchers’ Panel
Mr Paul McCarthy SCPractising Bar Panel
CO-OPTED MEMBERS
Ms Jacqueline O’Brien SC
The Hon Mr Justice Oisin Quinn
Mr Finbarr Fox SC

Education Committee 2025

The Hon. Mr Justice Paul BurnsJudicial Benchers’ Panel
Ms Jacqueline O’Brien SCBar Benchers Panel
Mr Micheál O’Connell SC
Mr Tadhg Dorgan BL
Mr Joseph O’Sullivan BL
The Hon. Mr Justice David NolanJudicial Benchers Panel
Mr Seamus Clarke SCProfessional Body Panel
Ms Elizabeth Donovan BLPractising Bar Panel
CO-OPTED MEMBERS
Mr William Abrahamson SC
Mr Ronal Kennedy SC
Ms Jane Hyland SC
Ms Aoife Farrelly BL

LIBRARY COMMITTEE 2025

Mr James O’Reilly SC (Chairman)Bar Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Mr Justice EdwardsJudicial Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Mr Justice David NolanJudicial Benchers’ Panel
Ms Elizabeth Donovan BLPractising Bar Panel
The Hon Mr Justice SanfeyJudicial Benchers’ Panel
Mr John Rogers SCBar Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice GeartyJudicial Benchers’ Panel
Ms Joy Tendai Kangere BLProfessional Body Panel
CO-OPTED MEMBERS
Mr Kenneth Ferguson
Mr John Wilde Crosby
Mr Colum Kenny

COMMONS COMMITTEE – 2025

The Hon. Mr Justice BarnivilleJudicial Benchers’ Panel
Mr Fergal Foley BLBar Benchers’ Panel
Ms Imogen McGrath SC
Mr Joseph O’Sullivan BL
Mr Darren Lehane SCProfessional Body Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice PilkingtonJudicial Benchers’ Panel
Mr Paul McGarry SCBar Benchers’ Panel
Mr Paul O’Higgins SCBar Benchers’ Panel
CO-OPTED MEMBERS
Mr John Peart SCBar Benchers’ Panel
Mr Dan Fennelly BL

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES COMMITTEE 2025

The Hon. Mr Justice EdwardsJudicial Benchers’ Panel
The Hon. Ms Justice PilkingtonJudicial Benchers’ Panel
Ms Sally O’Neill BLPractising Bar Panel
Mr Shane Murphy SCBar Benchers Panel
Ms Kate Ahern BLPractising Bar Panel
Mr Patrick Murphy BLPractising Bar Panel

GRADUATE MEMBERS COMMITTEE 2025

The Hon Mr Justice Oisin QuinnJudicial Benchers’ Panel
Mr James MulcahyNon-Practising Panel
Ms Kate Ahern BLPractising Bar Panel
Mr Robert O’Reilly BLPractising Bar Panel
Mr Ian Fitzharris BLPractising Bar Panel
Mr Colum Walsh BLNon-Practising Panel
Mr David Honan BL
Mr Chris Chan BL
Ms Rachel Tobin Cosgrove BL
Mr Brendan Foley BL