Appointments

Business law firm Flynn O'Driscoll has announced the appointment of four new partners. Declan Cunningham, Claire McDermott, Cian O'Leary and John Troute, who span the firm's Dublin and Galway offices, have joined the partnership.

Public sector lawyer Claire Archbold has been appointed as honorary professor of practice in public law at Queen's University Belfast. Professor Archbold returns to the university, having been a former academic, while continuing in her role as deputy departmental solicitor for the Northern Ireland C

Eversheds Sutherland has named five new senior associates and three new associates in Dublin as part of a New Year appointments round. Corporate lawyers Jonathan Ennis, Katie Haberlin and Ryan Duggan have been promoted to senior associate alongside litigation lawyer Aonghus McClafferty and tax lawye

Two Irish-born legal academics, Professor Conor Gearty and Professor Alan Dignam, are to be appointed as honorary Queen's Counsel. The pair, both based in London, are among the six honorary QCs named alongside 116 new QCs in the 2020 appointments round.

Business law firm Flynn O'Driscoll has announced the appointment of Caoimhe Heery as an employment partner in Galway. Ms Heery joins the firm from Ronan Daly Jermyn, where she has served as a senior employment associate for over eight years.

Prominent Scottish advocate Aidan O'Neill QC has been called to The Bar of Ireland. Mr O'Neill, who is also qualified in England and Wales, is a leading constitutional lawyer in the UK. He has been involved in high-profile Brexit litigation, including the case which led the UK Supreme Court to rule

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has announced the appointment of Sara O’Reilly as a partner in the firm's financial services team, specialising in investment funds and asset management. Ms O'Reilly has over 16 years' experience practising as an investment funds lawyer, both in-house and in privat

Former director of public prosecutions Barra McGrory QC has been appointed to the board of Na Píobairí Uilleann (NPU), the body promoting all aspects of uilleann piping. His appointment follows a change in the NPU's constitution to provide for membership at board level of "persons who

Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of Maeve Williams, James Mulligan, Chris Dickison and Lucy McKee as associates in Belfast. Ms Williams has joined the corporate and commercial team, Ms McKee has joined the finance group and Mr Mulligan and Mr Dickison have joined the property team.

LK Shields partner Jeanne Kelly has been appointed to the board of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce. Ms Kelly is a leading IP, technology and privacy lawyer with more than 20 years' experience.

SME-focused solicitor firm Sherwin O'Riordan has announced the appointment of Deirdre Ardagh and Rachel Connolly as partners. Ms Ardagh, a former barrister and a CEDR-accredited mediator with over 10 years' experience, heads the firm's corporate and commercial department.

Barrister Noeleen Healy has been named as the Catherine McGuinness Fellow for 2020/21. The prestigious one-year fellowship programme was established by the Children's Rights Alliance (CRA) in 2015 and has been developed in partnership with The Bar of Ireland and with the support of the Family Lawyer

Solicitor Patricia Ball O’Keeffe has been reappointed to the board of Pobal, a not-for-profit company which works on behalf of the Irish government and the EU. Rural and Community Development Minister Heather Humphreys yesterday announced the appointment of five directors, comprising two new m

Retired solicitor John G Gordon has been appointed as chair of Belfast-based social enterprise NOW Group as it expands south of the border for the first time. NOW Group supports people with learning difficulties and autism into employment, training, and volunteering. As well as directly employing ov

Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon has announced the launch of a new Dublin office from which its intellectual property practice will continue its EU trade mark offering after the end of the Brexit transition period. The firm has appointed experienced trade mark attorneys Louise Carey and Alison