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'''Hugh Geoghegan''' (16 May 1938 – 7 July 2024)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Geoghegan, Hugh, (born 16 May 1938), a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland, 2000–10 |journal=Who's Who |date=1 December 2007 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245197}}</ref> was an Irish judge who served as a judge of the [[Supreme Court (Ireland)|Supreme Court]] from 2000 to 2010 and a judge of the [[High Court (Ireland)|High Court]] from 1992 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Justice Hugh Geoghegan appointed to Supreme Court |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0222/5708-supremecourt/ |access-date=8 July 2024 |language=en |date=22 February 2000}}</ref>
'''Hugh Geoghegan''' (16 May 1938 – 7 July 2024)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Geoghegan, Hugh, (born 16 May 1938), a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland, 2000–10 |journal=Who's Who |date=1 December 2007 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245197}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Death Notice of Hugh Geoghegan (Dublin) |url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/hugh-geoghegan-dublin-561762 |website=RIP.ie |date=8 July 2024}}</ref> was an Irish judge who served as a judge of the [[Supreme Court (Ireland)|Supreme Court]] from 2000 to 2010 and a judge of the [[High Court (Ireland)|High Court]] from 1992 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Justice Hugh Geoghegan appointed to Supreme Court |website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0222/5708-supremecourt/ |access-date=8 July 2024 |language=en |date=22 February 2000}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Geoghegan was born in 1938.<ref name="UCD 2010">{{cite web |title=UCD Connections 2010-2011 |url=https://issuu.com/glosspublications/docs/ucd2010_new/13 |access-date=6 April 2021 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142611/https://issuu.com/glosspublications/docs/ucd2010_new/13 |url-status=live }}</ref> His father [[James Geoghegan]] was a judge of the Supreme Court.<ref name="IT 23 Feb 2000">{{cite news |last1=Rafter |first1=Kevin |title=Mr Justice Geoghegan for Supreme Court |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mr-justice-geoghegan-for-supreme-court-1.248141 |access-date=6 April 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=23 February 2000 |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142637/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mr-justice-geoghegan-for-supreme-court-1.248141 |url-status=live }}</ref> He attended secondary school at [[Clongowes Wood College]] and received BCL and LLB degrees from [[University College Dublin]]. At UCD, he was the auditor of the [[University College Dublin Law Society]] between 1960 and 1961.<ref name="UCD 2010" /><ref>{{cite news |title=A century of wit and verbal combat |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-century-of-wit-and-verbal-combat-1.561815 |access-date=6 April 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142731/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-century-of-wit-and-verbal-combat-1.561815 |url-status=live }}</ref> He studied at the [[King's Inns]] in order to become a barrister.<ref name="SC in German">{{cite web |title=Der Ehrenwerte Richter Hugh Geoghegan |url=http://www.supremecourt.ie/SupremeCourt/sclibrary3.nsf/PageCurrent/EEAE1305B436BC5C802575C1003C53F4?opendocument&l=en |website=supremecourt.ie |access-date=6 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023212111/http://www.supremecourt.ie/SupremeCourt/sclibrary3.nsf/PageCurrent/EEAE1305B436BC5C802575C1003C53F4?opendocument&l=en |archive-date=23 October 2017 |language=German |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Geoghegan was born in 1938.<ref name="UCD 2010">{{cite web |title=UCD Connections 2010-2011 |date=4 March 2011 |url=https://issuu.com/glosspublications/docs/ucd2010_new/13 |access-date=6 April 2021 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142611/https://issuu.com/glosspublications/docs/ucd2010_new/13 |url-status=live }}</ref> His father [[James Geoghegan]] was a judge of the Supreme Court.<ref name="IT 23 Feb 2000">{{cite news |last1=Rafter |first1=Kevin |title=Mr Justice Geoghegan for Supreme Court |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mr-justice-geoghegan-for-supreme-court-1.248141 |access-date=6 April 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=23 February 2000 |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142637/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mr-justice-geoghegan-for-supreme-court-1.248141 |url-status=live }}</ref> He attended secondary school at [[Clongowes Wood College]] and received BCL and LLB degrees from [[University College Dublin]]. At UCD, he was the auditor of the [[University College Dublin Law Society]] between 1960 and 1961.<ref name="UCD 2010" /><ref>{{cite news |title=A century of wit and verbal combat |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-century-of-wit-and-verbal-combat-1.561815 |access-date=6 April 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142731/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-century-of-wit-and-verbal-combat-1.561815 |url-status=live }}</ref> He studied at the [[King's Inns]] in order to become a barrister.<ref name="SC in German">{{cite web |title=Der Ehrenwerte Richter Hugh Geoghegan |url=http://www.supremecourt.ie/SupremeCourt/sclibrary3.nsf/PageCurrent/EEAE1305B436BC5C802575C1003C53F4?opendocument&l=en |website=supremecourt.ie |access-date=6 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023212111/http://www.supremecourt.ie/SupremeCourt/sclibrary3.nsf/PageCurrent/EEAE1305B436BC5C802575C1003C53F4?opendocument&l=en |archive-date=23 October 2017 |language=German |url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Legal career ==
== Legal career ==
He was called to the Bar in 1962, becoming a senior counsel in 1977, practising in Dublin and the Midland Circuit.<ref name="IT 23 Feb 2000" /><ref name="SC in German" /> He was also called to the bar in Northern Ireland and in England and Wales.<ref name="IT 23 Feb 2000" />
He was called to the Bar in 1962, becoming a senior counsel in 1977, practising in Dublin and the Midland Circuit.<ref name="IT 23 Feb 2000" /><ref name="SC in German" /> He was also called to the bar in Northern Ireland and in England and Wales.<ref name="IT 23 Feb 2000" />


Geoghegan was a Public Service Arbitrator from 1982 to 1992.<ref name="IT 23 Feb 2000" /> In the 1980s he served on the Circuit Court Rules Committee.<ref>{{cite web |title=S.I. No. 267/1983 – Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1983 |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1983/en/si/0267.html |access-date=23 July 2007 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929125039/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1983/en/si/0267.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He also appeared before the tribunal of inquiry into the [[Stardust disaster|Stardust fire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dáil Éireann – Volume 331 – 09 December, 1981 Written Answers. – Stardust Inquiry. |url=http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0331/D.0331.198112090017.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607093340/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0331/D.0331.198112090017.html |archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref> He chaired a commission which recommended the formation of the Labour Relations Commission.<ref>{{cite web |title=Private Notice Questions. – An Post Dispute. – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil) – Tuesday, 28 Apr 1992 – Houses of the Oireachtas |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1992-04-28/9/ |website=oireachtas.ie |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=en-ie |date=28 April 1992 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142611/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1992-04-28/9/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Geoghegan was a Public Service Arbitrator from 1982 to 1992.<ref name="IT 23 Feb 2000" /> In the 1980s he served on the Circuit Court Rules Committee.<ref>{{cite ISB |title=Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1983 |year=1983|type=si|num=267 |date=28 July 1983|access-date=23 July 2007 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929125039/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1983/en/si/0267.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He also appeared before the tribunal of inquiry into the [[Stardust disaster|Stardust fire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Written Answers. – Stardust Inquiry – Dáil Éireann (22nd Dáil) – Vol. 331 No. 8|date=9 December 1981 |work=Oireachtas Debates |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1981-12-09/26/ }}</ref> He chaired a commission which recommended the formation of the Labour Relations Commission.<ref>{{cite web |title=Private Notice Questions. – An Post Dispute. – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil) – Vol. 418 No. 7 |date=28 April 1992 |website=Oireachtas Debates|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1992-04-28/9/ |access-date=6 April 2021 }}</ref>


He was a [[bencher]] of [[Middle Temple]].<ref name="UCD 2010" />
He was a [[bencher]] of [[Middle Temple]].<ref name="UCD 2010" />


== Judicial career ==
== Judicial career ==
Geoghegan was appointed to the [[High Court (Ireland)|High Court]] in December 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=Written Answers. – Appointments to Public Boards. – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil) – Wednesday, 10 Feb 1993 – Houses of the Oireachtas |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-02-10/120/ |website=oireachtas.ie |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=en-ie |date=10 February 1993 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142613/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-02-10/120/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was elevated to the [[Supreme Court of Ireland]] in 2000, replacing [[Donal Barrington]].<ref name="RTE 22 Feb 2000">{{cite news |title=Justice Hugh Geoghegan appointed to Supreme Court |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0222/5708-supremecourt/ |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=RTÉ News |date=22 February 2000 |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705143205/https://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0222/5708-supremecourt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was appointed on 7 March 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Engagements Week beginning 6th March 2000 |url=http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=6&engagement=200010&lang=eng |website=President.ie |access-date=6 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927034357/http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=6&engagement=200010&lang=eng |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He retired in May 2010 and was replaced by [[Liam McKechnie]].<ref name="IT 15 May 2010">{{cite news |title=Retiring judge backs civil court of appeal to clear backlog |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/retiring-judge-backs-civil-court-of-appeal-to-clear-backlog-1.665260 |access-date=6 April 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=15 May 2010 |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142632/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/retiring-judge-backs-civil-court-of-appeal-to-clear-backlog-1.665260 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Coulter |first1=Carol |title=Mr Justice McKechnie nominated for Supreme Court |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mr-justice-mckechnie-nominated-for-supreme-court-1.681801 |access-date=6 April 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142650/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mr-justice-mckechnie-nominated-for-supreme-court-1.681801 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Geoghegan was appointed to the [[High Court (Ireland)|High Court]] in December 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=Written Answers. – Appointments to Public Boards. – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil) |date=10 February 1993 |work=Oireachtas Debates|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-02-10/120/ |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=en-ie |date=10 February 1993 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142613/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-02-10/120/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was elevated to the [[Supreme Court of Ireland]] in 2000, replacing [[Donal Barrington]].<ref name="RTE 22 Feb 2000">{{cite news |title=Justice Hugh Geoghegan appointed to Supreme Court |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0222/5708-supremecourt/ |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=RTÉ News |date=22 February 2000 |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705143205/https://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0222/5708-supremecourt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was appointed on 7 March 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Engagements Week beginning 6th March 2000 |url=http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=6&engagement=200010&lang=eng |website=President of Ireland |access-date=6 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927034357/http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=6&engagement=200010&lang=eng |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He retired in May 2010 and was replaced by [[Liam McKechnie]].<ref name="IT 15 May 2010">{{cite news |title=Retiring judge backs civil court of appeal to clear backlog |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/retiring-judge-backs-civil-court-of-appeal-to-clear-backlog-1.665260 |access-date=6 April 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=15 May 2010 |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142632/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/retiring-judge-backs-civil-court-of-appeal-to-clear-backlog-1.665260 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Coulter |first1=Carol |title=Mr Justice McKechnie nominated for Supreme Court |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mr-justice-mckechnie-nominated-for-supreme-court-1.681801 |access-date=6 April 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142650/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mr-justice-mckechnie-nominated-for-supreme-court-1.681801 |url-status=live }}</ref>


In his retirement he presided over citizenship ceremonies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Departmental Bodies – Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 – Parliamentary Questions (31st Dáil) – Houses of the Oireachtas |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2013-02-28/188/ |website=oireachtas.ie |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=en-ie |date=28 February 2013 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142627/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2013-02-28/188/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In his retirement he presided over citizenship ceremonies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Departmental Bodies Parliamentary Questions (31st Dáil) |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |date=28 February 2013 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2013-02-28/188/ |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=en-ie |date=28 February 2013 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705142627/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2013-02-28/188/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
He was married to [[Mary Finlay Geoghegan]] who also served as a judge of the Supreme Court, with whom he had two daughters and a son, [[James Geoghegan (Fine Gael politician)|James Geoghegan]], who became [[Lord Mayor of Dublin]] shortly before his father's death.<ref name="IT 23 Feb 2000" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Retiring judge warns on 'unacceptable delays' in accessing justice |url=https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/retiring-judge-warns-government-on-unacceptable-delays-in-accessing-justice/ |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=lawsociety.ie |archive-date=23 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623182236/https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/retiring-judge-warns-government-on-unacceptable-delays-in-accessing-justice/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
He was married to [[Mary Finlay Geoghegan]] who also served as a judge of the Supreme Court, with whom he had two daughters and a son, [[James Geoghegan (Fine Gael politician)|James Geoghegan]], who became [[Lord Mayor of Dublin]] shortly before his father's death.<ref name="IT 23 Feb 2000" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Retiring judge warns on 'unacceptable delays' in accessing justice |url=https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/retiring-judge-warns-government-on-unacceptable-delays-in-accessing-justice/ |access-date=6 April 2021 |website=Law Society of Ireland |archive-date=23 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623182236/https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/retiring-judge-warns-government-on-unacceptable-delays-in-accessing-justice/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He died in July 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carolan |first1=Mary |title=Retired Supreme Court judge Hugh Geoghegan dies aged 86 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2024/07/08/retired-supreme-court-judge-hugh-geoghegan-dies-aged-86/ |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=8 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Statement by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, TD on death of retired judge Hugh Geoghegan |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/ca184-statement-by-minister-for-justice-helen-mcentee-td-on-death-of-retired-judge-hugh-geoghegan/ |website=Government of Ireland |publisher=Department of Justice |date=9 July 2024}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 17:36, 9 July 2024

For the former Irish football player, see Hugh Geoghegan (footballer).

Hugh Geoghegan
Judge of the Supreme Court
In office
7 March 2000 – 14 May 2010
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed byMary McAleese
Judge of the High Court
In office
11 December 1992 – 7 March 2000
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed byMary Robinson
Personal details
Born(1938-01-24)24 January 1938
Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland
Died7 July 2024(2024-07-07) (aged 86)
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse
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(m. 1981)​
Children3, incl. James Geoghegan
Parent
RelativesThomas Finlay (father-in-law)
EducationClongowes Wood College
Alma mater

Hugh Geoghegan (16 May 1938 – 7 July 2024)[1][2] was an Irish judge who served as a judge of the Supreme Court from 2000 to 2010 and a judge of the High Court from 1992 to 2000.[3]

Early life

Geoghegan was born in 1938.[4] His father James Geoghegan was a judge of the Supreme Court.[5] He attended secondary school at Clongowes Wood College and received BCL and LLB degrees from University College Dublin. At UCD, he was the auditor of the University College Dublin Law Society between 1960 and 1961.[4][6] He studied at the King's Inns in order to become a barrister.[7]

He was called to the Bar in 1962, becoming a senior counsel in 1977, practising in Dublin and the Midland Circuit.[5][7] He was also called to the bar in Northern Ireland and in England and Wales.[5]

Geoghegan was a Public Service Arbitrator from 1982 to 1992.[5] In the 1980s he served on the Circuit Court Rules Committee.[8] He also appeared before the tribunal of inquiry into the Stardust fire.[9] He chaired a commission which recommended the formation of the Labour Relations Commission.[10]

He was a bencher of Middle Temple.[4]

Judicial career

Geoghegan was appointed to the High Court in December 1992.[11] He was elevated to the Supreme Court of Ireland in 2000, replacing Donal Barrington.[12] He was appointed on 7 March 2000.[13] He retired in May 2010 and was replaced by Liam McKechnie.[14][15]

In his retirement he presided over citizenship ceremonies.[16]

Personal life

He was married to Mary Finlay Geoghegan who also served as a judge of the Supreme Court, with whom he had two daughters and a son, James Geoghegan, who became Lord Mayor of Dublin shortly before his father's death.[5][17]

He died in July 2024.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ "Geoghegan, Hugh, (born 16 May 1938), a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland, 2000–10". Who's Who. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245197.
  2. ^ "Death Notice of Hugh Geoghegan (Dublin)". RIP.ie. 8 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Justice Hugh Geoghegan appointed to Supreme Court". RTÉ.ie. 22 February 2000. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "UCD Connections 2010-2011". 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e Rafter, Kevin (23 February 2000). "Mr Justice Geoghegan for Supreme Court". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  6. ^ "A century of wit and verbal combat". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Der Ehrenwerte Richter Hugh Geoghegan". supremecourt.ie (in German). Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  8. ^ Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1983 (S.I. No. 267 of 1983). Signed on 28 July 1983. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 23 July 2007.
  9. ^ "Written Answers. – Stardust Inquiry – Dáil Éireann (22nd Dáil) – Vol. 331 No. 8". Oireachtas Debates. 9 December 1981.
  10. ^ "Private Notice Questions. – An Post Dispute. – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil) – Vol. 418 No. 7". Oireachtas Debates. 28 April 1992. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Written Answers. – Appointments to Public Boards. – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil)". Oireachtas Debates. 10 February 1993. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Justice Hugh Geoghegan appointed to Supreme Court". RTÉ News. 22 February 2000. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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