Death Notice

Retired High Court judge Mr Justice Robert Eagar has passed away. A graduate of University College Dublin, he qualified as a solicitor in 1978 and joined Garrett Sheehan and Partners in 1984.

Barrister and ex-journalist Peter Hamilton has passed away at the age of 31. Mr Hamilton unexpectedly died on Monday, according to The Irish Times, where he worked for three-and-a-half years as a business journalist.

Retired Northern Ireland solicitor Patrick Donnelly has passed away. Mr Donnelly was admitted to the roll in 1965 after qualifying in Edwards & Co Solicitors. He was one of the founding members of Donnelly & Wall in 1967 before retiring from practice in 2002.

Former Transparency Legal Advice Centre (TLAC) managing solicitor Judy Dobbin, née O'Loan, has passed away. Mrs Dobbin died on Friday at Blackrock Hospice, Dublin and is survived by her husband Henry and children Malachy, James and Oliver.

Retired Belfast solicitor Neil Faris has passed away. Mr Faris, who qualified in 1977, was formerly a principal with Cleaver Fulton Rankin before setting up as sole practitioner of Neil Faris Solicitors.

James Douglas, executive director of Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) has passed away. The Bar of Ireland stated: "James' work with IRLI, and in particular the projects across the African Continent, and before that South East Asia, was hugely regarded and impactful.

A young woman who was killed in a road traffic collision in Cork has been named as recent law graduate Kate Wibbe. Ms Wibbe was a campus ambassador for William Fry during her studies at University College Cork School of Law.

Retired Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan has passed away at the age of 86. He died yesterday and is survived by his wife, retired Supreme Court judge Mrs Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, and three children, The Irish Times reports.

Judge Elizabeth MacGrath has passed away at the age of 65. The district judge in Tipperary died on Wednesday night after a short period of illness. She had worked as a solicitor for 24 years before her appointment as a judge in 2007.

Retired Belfast solicitor John H. Walker has passed away. Mr Walker was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 1960 and was principal of John G H Wilson & Company Solicitors before retiring in 1997.

Former Law Society of Northern Ireland president Tony McGettigan has passed away. Mr McGettigan qualified as a solicitor in 1975 and was principal of Enniskillen firm P J Flanagan & Co until his retirement last June.

Former Bar Council director Jerry Carroll has passed away following a short illness. Mr Carroll passed away last Friday 24 May and will be buried at Shanganagh Cemetery today, according to rip.ie.

Retired Co Antrim solicitor John M. Boyd has passed away at the age of 78. Mr Boyd, who qualified in January 1972, passed away on Wednesday, according to the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

Well-known Dublin solicitor Ivor Fitzpatrick has passed away following a period of illness. Mr Fitzpatrick, who was 68, passed away at home on Sunday after what a death notice said was "a difficult illness bravely borne".

Tributes have been paid to retired Circuit Court judge John O'Hagan SC, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 76.