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Launch of Barristers in Ireland: An Evolving Profession Since 1921 by Dr Niamh Howlin

Launch of Barristers in Ireland: An Evolving Profession Since 1921 by Dr Niamh Howlin

Hugh Mohan SC, Attorney General Rossa Fanning, Dr Niamh Howlin and Sara Phelan SC

Niamh Howlin's latest book, Barristers in Ireland: An Evolving Profession Since 1921, was launched by Attorney General Rossa Fanning SC at the Bar of Ireland's Distillery Building on 12 October.  Members of the bar and judiciary, UCD colleagues and friends were welcomed by Sara Phelan SC, Chair of the Bar Council, and Hugh Mohan SC, Chair of The King's Inns. The Attorney General described the book as 'a meticulously researched publication.' Published by Four Courts Press, it combines empirical and archival sources to consider the history of barristers in Ireland from 1921-1999.

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Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty, The Honorable Patricia M. Lucas and Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly

Dr Cliona Kelly, Dr Liam Thornton, Professor Laurent Pech, Dr Suzanne Egan and Professor Imelda Maher

Barristers in Ireland: An Evolving Profession Since 1921

UCD Sutherland School of Law

University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.