Patricia Ryan (judge)

Brian Lenihan Jnr

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(m. 1987;died 2011)​

The Hon. Ms. Justice Patricia Ryan
President of the Circuit Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 July 2019
Children	2
Alma mater	University College Dublin King's Inns

Patricia Ryan is an Irish judge who has served as President of the Circuit Court since 2019 and a Judge of the Circuit Court since July 2002.

Early life

Ryan attended University College Dublin and the King's Inns. She was called to the Irish Bar in 1984. ^[1] She acted in cases including those involving personal injuries. ^{[2] [3]}

She was appointed a vice-chairperson of the Employment Appeals Tribunal in 1998 and was re-appointed in 2001. ^[4]

Judicial career

Circuit Court

Ryan was nominated to the Circuit Court in June 2002 and appointed in July 2002. ^{[5] [6]} She has presided over criminal law trials involving dangerous driving, manslaughter, fraud, sexual offences, theft, harassment, health and safety law, and drugs offences. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

She sat on the Special Criminal Court. ^[15]

President of the Circuit Court

She became the President of the Circuit Court in July 2019. ^{[16] [17]}

Personal life

Ryan married Brian Lenihan Jnr in 1987 with whom she had two children. Lenihan died in 2011. ^{[18] [19]}

References

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10. "Man pleads guilty to six sexual offences against girl". RTÉ News. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
11. "Former solicitor jailed for stealing from clients". RTÉ News. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
12. "Man gets five years for harassment". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
13. "Builders fined €10,000 over unsafe machine". independent. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
14. "Cocaine plea". independent. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
15. "Two men appear in court charged with IRA membership". RTÉ News. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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17. "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). JAAB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
18. "Brian Lenihan: a life in politics". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
19. Maume, Patrick (March 2021). "Lenihan, Brian". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 5 January 2022.