Appointments

Former solicitor Colm Kincaid has been appointed by the Central Bank as its new director of consumer protection. Mr Kincaid, who practised as a solicitor in London and Dublin prior to joining the Central Bank in 2004, will take up the senior role from 1 October 2021.

Aircraft leasing legal expert Catherine Kearns has been appointed as general counsel of SKY Leasing, based in Dublin. Ms Kearns has more than 25 years' aircraft leasing legal experience, previously holding senior legal roles at BOC Aviation, Sky Aviation Leasing International, and ORIX Aviation.

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has announced the appointment of Liam Flynn as a senior partner in the firm’s financial services team. Mr Flynn works with financial institutions, including insurers, banks and fintech firms, to help them respond to today's challenging regulatory

Barrister Ronan Lupton has joined University College Dublin Sutherland School of Law as an associate adjunct professor. Mr Lupton has particular expertise in defamation, data protection, eCommerce, freedom of expression, intellectual property, privacy and media contempt, and has a special interest i

Two lawyers have been appointed to registration boards within multi-profession health regulator CORU. Barrister Colm Scott-Byrne has been appointed to the Dietitians Registration Board while solicitor Karen Watret has been appointed to the Medical Scientists Registration Board.

Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed five new trainee solicitors as part of its commitment to developing talent and investing in the future generation of lawyers. Each trainee will complete a two-year training programme working alongside skilled lawyers on a variety of cases and

Dr Ciarán O'Kelly has been promoted to senior lecturer at Queen's University Belfast School of Law. His research focuses on moral language in business and human rights, law and technology and public and private governance.

Darach Connolly, head of DLA Piper's competition practice in Dublin, has been promoted to legal director. Mr Connolly joined the global law firm's litigation and regulatory practice in February 2020, bringing experience from his previous roles at Van Bael & Bellis in Brussels and Irish firm Math

Solicitor Martin Sisk has been appointed to the board of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), which works with public hospitals to fund treatment for suitable patients who have spent the longest time on waiting lists. Health minister Stephen Donnelly appointed Mr Sisk for a two-year term run

Maynooth University Department of Law has announced the appointment of Dr Yağmur Hortoğlu as an assistant professor in private law. Dr Hortoğlu's research focuses primarily on arbitration law and private international law, while she also retains a keen interest in the interaction between law and

Irish lawyer Joe Gavin has departed from his role as partner and head of financial services at ByrneWallace to take up a role as chief executive officer of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). With over 26 years' experience as a financial services lawyer, Mr Gavin, who takes up the role fr

Belfast-based law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced the appointment of director Kerry McCloy to lead a new legal technology group. Ms McCloy and a team of eight project managers, solicitors and legal professionals will provide large-scale document review and expert eDiscovery services to near

Irish barrister Doireann O'Mahony has joined Normanton Chambers in London while retaining her practice at the Irish bar. Ms O'Mahony called to the bar of England and Wales in 2018 and specialises in clinical negligence, with a particular focus on birth injuries.

Migrant and refugee rights centre Nasc has announced the appointment of solicitor Brian Collins as a legal officer in Cork. Mr Collins will join Julie O'Leary and Natalia McDonald in the NGO's legal service, which works with between 1,200 and 1,500 refugees, asylum seekers and migrants each year.

Health law expert Dr Eimear Spain has been reappointed to the Psychologists Registration Board (PRB). Dr Spain is a senior lecturer in health law at the University of Limerick (UL). One of her key interest areas is in the field of law and psychology.