Marguerite Bolger | |
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Judge of the High Court | |
Assumed office 13 January 2022 | |
Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
Appointed by | Michael D. Higgins |
Personal details | |
Born | Kilkenny, Ireland |
Education | Presentation Secondary School, Kilkenny |
Alma mater | |
Marguerite Bolger is an Irish judge and lawyer who has served as a Judge of the High Court since January 2022. She previously practiced as a barrister, where she specialised in employment law.
Bolger is from County Kilkenny. [1] She was born to Elaine Murphy and John Bolger, who was Mayor of Kilkenny in 1999. [2] She attended secondary school at Presentation Secondary School, Kilkenny and later received LLB and MLitt degrees. [1] [3]
She was called to the Irish bar in 1993, and became a senior counsel in 2009. [3] She primarily practiced in the area of employment law. [4] [5] [6] She has appeared in cases before the Supreme Court of Ireland and the European Court of Justice. [7] [8] [9] Her clients included both employees and employers, including RTÉ, the Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, An Post, Cork City F.C., and the Central Bank of Ireland. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
In August 2021, she was appointed by the Irish government to chair negotiations with hospital consultants about entering into the Sláintecare system. [17]
She has written several legal texts, including the first edition of a book on Irish criminal law with Peter Charleton and Paul Anthony McDermott and the books Sex Discrimination and the Law and Employment Equality Law. [18] [19] [20] Bolger is a former chairperson of the Employment Bar Association of Ireland and served on the executive board of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. [21] She was re-appointed for a second three-year term as chair of the Panel of Enquiry at Trinity College Dublin in June 2020. [22]
In 2016, her former assistant was convicted in the Circuit Court of stealing €28,000 from her. [23]
Bolger was one of five people nominated to the High Court in September 2021. [4] Her appointment was delayed due to ongoing work on behalf of the State. [24] She was appointed in January 2022. [25]
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Marguerite Bolger | |
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Judge of the High Court | |
Assumed office 13 January 2022 | |
Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
Appointed by | Michael D. Higgins |
Personal details | |
Born | Kilkenny, Ireland |
Education | Presentation Secondary School, Kilkenny |
Alma mater | |
Marguerite Bolger is an Irish judge and lawyer who has served as a Judge of the High Court since January 2022. She previously practiced as a barrister, where she specialised in employment law.
Bolger is from County Kilkenny. [1] She was born to Elaine Murphy and John Bolger, who was Mayor of Kilkenny in 1999. [2] She attended secondary school at Presentation Secondary School, Kilkenny and later received LLB and MLitt degrees. [1] [3]
She was called to the Irish bar in 1993, and became a senior counsel in 2009. [3] She primarily practiced in the area of employment law. [4] [5] [6] She has appeared in cases before the Supreme Court of Ireland and the European Court of Justice. [7] [8] [9] Her clients included both employees and employers, including RTÉ, the Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, An Post, Cork City F.C., and the Central Bank of Ireland. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
In August 2021, she was appointed by the Irish government to chair negotiations with hospital consultants about entering into the Sláintecare system. [17]
She has written several legal texts, including the first edition of a book on Irish criminal law with Peter Charleton and Paul Anthony McDermott and the books Sex Discrimination and the Law and Employment Equality Law. [18] [19] [20] Bolger is a former chairperson of the Employment Bar Association of Ireland and served on the executive board of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. [21] She was re-appointed for a second three-year term as chair of the Panel of Enquiry at Trinity College Dublin in June 2020. [22]
In 2016, her former assistant was convicted in the Circuit Court of stealing €28,000 from her. [23]
Bolger was one of five people nominated to the High Court in September 2021. [4] Her appointment was delayed due to ongoing work on behalf of the State. [24] She was appointed in January 2022. [25]
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