Appointment to the Supreme Court

Today, 7 June, Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly made her declaration before the Chief Justice and was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court. 

Ms Justice Donnelly was educated at University College Dublin and The Honorable Society of King’s Inns. She was called to the Bar of Ireland in 1988 and admitted to the Inner Bar in 2004.

In 2014, Ms Justice Donnelly was appointed to the High Court where she took charge of the extradition list as her primary responsibility. She was subsequently appointed to the Court of Appeal in June 2019, where she served for four years before her appointment to the Supreme Court.

Since December 2020, Ms Justice Donnelly has been Chairperson of the Judicial Studies Committee, a statutory committee of the Judicial Council. She served as a member of the Board of the Judicial Council, as the Court of Appeal representative, from 2020 to 2023.