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Patricia Ryan
President of the Circuit Court
Assumed office
13 July 2019
Nominated by Government of Ireland
Appointed by Michael D. Higgins
Preceded by Raymond Groarke
Judge of the Circuit Court
Assumed office
2 July 2002
Nominated by Government of Ireland
Appointed by Mary McAleese
Personal details
Nationality Irish
Spouse
(m. 1997; died 2011)
Children 2
Alma mater

Patricia Ryan is an Irish judge who has served as President of the Circuit Court since 2019 and a Judge of the Circuit Court since July 2002.

Early life

Ryan attended University College Dublin and the King's Inns. She was called to the Irish Bar in 1984. She acted in cases including those involving personal injuries.

She was appointed a vice-chairperson of the Employment Appeals Tribunal in 1998 and was re-appointed in 2001.

Judicial career

Circuit Court

Ryan was nominated to the Circuit Court in June 2002 and appointed in July 2002. .....

She sat on the Special Criminal Court.

President of the Circuit Court

She became the President of the Circuit Court in July 2019.

Personal life

Ryan married Brian Lenihan Jnr in 1997 with whom she had two children. Lenihan died in 2011.

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