Kevin Lynch | |
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Judge of the Supreme Court | |
In office 15 April 1996 – 15 December 1999 | |
Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
Appointed by | Mary Robinson |
Judge of the High Court | |
In office 24 January 1984 – 15 April 1996 | |
Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
Appointed by | Patrick Hillery |
Personal details | |
Born | Dublin, Ireland | 24 June 1927
Died | (aged 85) Croom, County Limerick, Ireland |
Spouse |
Bernadette Lynch (
m. 1957) |
Children | 5 |
Parent |
|
Education | St Mary's College, Dublin |
Alma mater | |
Kevin Lynch (24 June 1927 – 31 October 2013) was an Irish judge and barrister who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1996 to 1999 and a Judge of the High Court from 1984 to 1996. In 1984, he was the sole member of the Kerry Babies tribunal.
Lynch was born in Dublin in 1927. [1] [2] His father, Fionán Lynch, was a member of the First Dáil and a judge of the Circuit Court. [3]
He attended St. Mary's College, Dublin and received a degree from University College Dublin. [4] He attended the King's Inns where he won the John Brooke Scholarship. [1]
He was called to the bar in 1949, and became a senior counsel in 1970. [2] His practice was centred on the Midland circuit. [1]
Lynch became a judge of the High Court in 1984. [1] [5] In December 1984, he was appointed the sole member of the tribunal into the Kerry Babies case. [6] He was among three judges who sat in a divisional High Court which heard an unsuccessful challenge by Des Hanafin to result of the 1995 divorce referendum. [7] He heard the High Court hearing of Bula Ltd v Tara Mines Ltd (No 6) in 1996 which ran for 277 days. [2]
Lynch was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ireland in April 1996. [8] He was delayed from first sitting on the court as the Bula case had not yet completed. [3]
He retired in December 1999. [4] [9]
He was married to Bernadette, with who he had five children. [10] He died at the age of 85 in a nursing home near Croom, County Limerick, in 2013. [10]
Kevin Lynch | |
---|---|
Judge of the Supreme Court | |
In office 15 April 1996 – 15 December 1999 | |
Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
Appointed by | Mary Robinson |
Judge of the High Court | |
In office 24 January 1984 – 15 April 1996 | |
Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
Appointed by | Patrick Hillery |
Personal details | |
Born | Dublin, Ireland | 24 June 1927
Died | (aged 85) Croom, County Limerick, Ireland |
Spouse |
Bernadette Lynch (
m. 1957) |
Children | 5 |
Parent |
|
Education | St Mary's College, Dublin |
Alma mater | |
Kevin Lynch (24 June 1927 – 31 October 2013) was an Irish judge and barrister who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1996 to 1999 and a Judge of the High Court from 1984 to 1996. In 1984, he was the sole member of the Kerry Babies tribunal.
Lynch was born in Dublin in 1927. [1] [2] His father, Fionán Lynch, was a member of the First Dáil and a judge of the Circuit Court. [3]
He attended St. Mary's College, Dublin and received a degree from University College Dublin. [4] He attended the King's Inns where he won the John Brooke Scholarship. [1]
He was called to the bar in 1949, and became a senior counsel in 1970. [2] His practice was centred on the Midland circuit. [1]
Lynch became a judge of the High Court in 1984. [1] [5] In December 1984, he was appointed the sole member of the tribunal into the Kerry Babies case. [6] He was among three judges who sat in a divisional High Court which heard an unsuccessful challenge by Des Hanafin to result of the 1995 divorce referendum. [7] He heard the High Court hearing of Bula Ltd v Tara Mines Ltd (No 6) in 1996 which ran for 277 days. [2]
Lynch was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ireland in April 1996. [8] He was delayed from first sitting on the court as the Bula case had not yet completed. [3]
He retired in December 1999. [4] [9]
He was married to Bernadette, with who he had five children. [10] He died at the age of 85 in a nursing home near Croom, County Limerick, in 2013. [10]