Marguerite Bolger

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Marguerite Bolger
Judge of the High Court
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13 January 2022

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.

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Early life

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]

Judicial career

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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  2. ↑ "The late John Bolger, former Mayor of Kilkenny". www.kilkennypeople.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Marguerite Bolger". Law Library. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Five new High Court judges nominated as 'tsunami of litigation' expected". Irish Independent. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Extra-Mural Course in Employment Litigation". TCD.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Marguerite Bolger SC". www.legal-island.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  7. ↑ Carolan, Mary. "School and Traveller boy to pay own costs after enrolment case". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Kenny v Minister for Justice". CURIA. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Parris v Trinity College Dublin". CURIA. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  10. ↑ O'Faolain, Aodhan. "Flight attendant seeks High Court injunction against Aer Lingus". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Manager denies wrongdoing after firm alleges confidential information was sent to personal email". Irish Examiner. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  12. ↑ McCarthaigh, Sean (25 February 2021). "RTE challenge against compensation ruling collapses over 'ageist and sexist' remarks". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "Former-ISPCA boss to receive €150,000-plus settlement in unfair dismissals case". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "Former An Post worker's bullying action out of alleged 'gay rumours' has been struck out". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "Cork City manager to leave as case is settled". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "In short". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "Marguerite Bolger SC to lead Sláintecare talks with hospital consultants". Irish Legal News. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  18. ↑ Charleton, Peter; McDermott, Paul Anthony; Bolger, Marguerite (1999). Criminal law. Dublin: Butterworths. ISBN   9781854758453.
  19. ↑ Bolger, Marguerite (2000). Sex discrimination law. Dublin: Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN   9781858000626.
  20. ↑ Bolger, Marguerite (2012). Employment equality law. Dublin, Ireland. ISBN   9781858005911.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  21. ↑ "Executive Board". ICCL. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  22. ↑ "Board Agenda - 24 June 2020" (PDF). TCD.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  23. ↑ "Pictured: Camogie star who stole €28,000 from barrister to use for online shopping". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  24. ↑ Carolan, Mary. "Frustration mounts over court delays as more judges sought". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  25. ↑ "Diary President Appoints Judges To The High Court January 2022". president.ie. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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