Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has warned that the slow passage of legislation that would reform the appointment of judges could destabilise the Government. Mr Flanagan was referring to how the bill has been handled in the Seanad, where some Senators have engaged in filibustering.
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Barristers John Jordan SC and Alexander Owens SC have been nominated by the Government for appointment to the High Court. They will fill the vacancies created following the elevation of Ms Justice Caroline Costello and Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy to the Court of Appeal last November.
Representatives of the Law Society of Northern Ireland attended the swearing in of their former president, Mr Justice Ian Huddleston, as a High Court judge. The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, yesterday swore in the judge, a former Council member and chairperson of the Law