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Summary Resume

Summary Resume Of Attorney General Máire R. Whelan SC

Place of Birth

  • Kinvara, Co. Galway

Appointment as Attorney General

  • 9th March 2011
  • Reappointed on the 6th of May 2016

Educational Background

  • B.A. (Hons) Political Science.
  • LL.B. (Hons).
  • LL.M. (Hons) King's College, London.
  • Diploma in International Relations.
  • Trained in Negotiations at Harvard with Professor Roger Fisher.

Professional Career

  • 1985 - Called to the Bar.
  • 2005 (March) - Called to the Inner Bar.
  • Representative of the Bar Council on the Property Registration Authority
  • Vice Chairperson Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Ireland.
  • Former Chairperson of FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres).
  • Former Advisor to Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas.

Personal Information

  • Married to Bernard McCabe.
  • One child.