2007 Press Releases
Adjunct Professor Judge Bryan McMahon Appointed Judge of the High Court
President Mary McAleese has appointed Adjunct Professor Bryan McMahon a
judge of the High Court. The appointment ceremony took place at the
President's residence, Aras an Uachtaráin, on June 5th.
Mr Justice McMahon received his BCL and LLB degrees from UCD and later
undertook further postgraduate study at Harvard Law School, having been
awarded the Harvard Fellowship. He returned to Ireland in 1967 to take
up a post as a Statutory Lecturer in the Law Faculty, UCC. During his
time at UCC Mr Justice McMahon went on to become Professor of Law and
Head of the Department of Law.
In 1987 Mr. Justice McMahon joined the law firm of Houlihan and
McMahon, Ennis, Co. Clare, as a Senior Partner. While continuing to
practise law he simultaneously held a part-time Chair of Law at the
National University of Ireland, Galway. In 1999 he was appointed a
Judge of the Circuit Court and in 2007 he was appointed a Judge of the
High Court.
He was appointed an Adjunct Professor of the Law Faculty, UCC in 2004.
Mr Justice McMahon has co-authored many legal texts including Law of
Torts (with W. Binchy) and European Community Law in Ireland, (with F.
Murphy). Mr. Justice McMahon is also Chair of the Irish Universities
Quality Board and the Board of the Abbey Theatre.
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