Summary Resume Of Attorney General Máire R. Whelan SC

Place of Birth

• Kinvara, Co. Galway

Appointment as Attorney General

• 9th March 2011

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Personal Information

• Married to Bernard McCabe.
• One child.

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