The Court of Appeal is a court in Ireland that sits between the High Court and Supreme Court and took over the existing appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in 2014. It was established by the Courts of Justice Act 1924.
Current members NameAppointedNotes Caroline Costello November 2018 President since July 2024 John A. Edwards December 2014 Máire Whelan June 2017 Attorney General 2011–2016 Patrick J. McCarthy July 2018 Isobel Kennedy November 2018 Seamus Noonan November 2019 Mary Faherty November 2019 Robert Haughton November 2019 Úna Ní Raifeartaigh November 2019 Ann Power November 2019 Donald Binchy March 2020 Teresa Pilkington September 2020 Nuala Butler October 2022 Charles Meenan July 2023 Tara Burns July 2023 Brian O'Moore October 2023 Michael MacGrath July 2024 Niamh Hyland July 2024 Anthony Collins November 2024 Denis McDonald November 2024 Donal O'Donnell October 2021 2021–present David Barniville August 2021 2022–present
Former members denotes Presidents NameTerm of officeNotes Nicholas Kearns 2014–2015 2014–2015 as President of the High Court Susan Denham 2014–2017 2014–2017 as Chief Justice of Ireland Garrett Sheehan 2014–2017 Mary Finlay Geoghegan 2014–2017 Judge of the Supreme Court 2017-2019 Sean Ryan 2014–2018 First President of the Court of Appeal Alan Mahon 2014–2018 Gerard Hogan 2014–2018 Advocate General at the European Court of Justice Michael Peart 2014–2019 Peter Kelly 2014–2020 2015–2020 as President of the High Court Mary Irvine 2014–2019; 2020–2022 2020–2022 as President of the High Court John Hedigan 2016–2018 Frank Clarke 2017–2021 2017–2021 as Chief Justice of Ireland Paul Gilligan 2018 Marie Baker 2018–2019 Judge of the Supreme Court Brian McGovern 2018–2020 Brian Murray 2019–2022 Judge of the Supreme Court Maurice Collins 2019–2022 Judge of the Supreme Court Aileen Donnelly 2019–2023 Judge of the Supreme Court George Birmingham 2014–2024 President from April 2018 to July 2024
See also List of judges of the Supreme Court of Ireland List of judges of the High Court of Ireland
External links List of Judges of the Court of Appeal – Courts Service of Ireland