Nial Fennelly

The Hon. Mr. Justice Nial Fennelly
Judge of the Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 2000
Nominated by	Government of Ireland
Advocate General of the European Court of Justice
In office 1995–2000
Nominated by	Government of Ireland
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Born	3 May 1942 (1942-05-03) (age 69)
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	University College Dublin, King's Inns
Profession	Judge, Barrister

Nial Fennelly (born 3 May 1942) has served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland since 2000 and was an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice from 1995 to 2000.^[1] He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, took a degree in economics at University College Dublin and completed his Bar studies at King's Inns. He was a Barrister-at-Law from 1964 to 1995; when he was appointed as a senior counsel he based himself full time in Dublin but when a junior barrister he worked both there and on the South Eastern circuit. Fennelly was Chairman of the Bar Council of Ireland shortly before his appointment as Advocate General. Fennelly is president of the Irish Society for European Law.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Current Judges of the Supreme Court". Supreme Court of Ireland. http://www.supremecourt.ie/supremecourt/sclibrary3.nsf/0/5C73008BBE0F9BB98025741800405F3C?opendocument&l=en. Retrieved 27 October 2010. 

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Name	Fennelly, Niall
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Date of birth	3 May 1942
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