Aileen Donnelly is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland since June 2023.
12 Facts About Aileen Donnelly
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Aileen Donnelly previously served as a Judge of the Court of the Appeal from 2019 to 2023 and a Judge of the High Court from 2014 to 2019.
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Aileen Donnelly was counsel for a complainant in the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse.
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Aileen Donnelly has published legal texts on tax law, the law of the European Convention on Human Rights and gender and law.
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Aileen Donnelly was appointed a Judge of the High Court in September 2014.
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Aileen Donnelly was in charge of High Court extradition cases.
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Aileen Donnelly postponed an order of extradition for a man to Poland in 2018, as a result of the 2015 Polish Constitutional Court crisis.
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Aileen Donnelly referred the issue to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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Aileen Donnelly's subsequent decision did not find that there was a specific threat to the accused man's rights to a fair trial.
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Aileen Donnelly became a Judge of the Court of Appeal in June 2019.
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Aileen Donnelly's appointment followed the elevation of Mary Irvine to the Supreme Court of Ireland.
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Aileen Donnelly is the first openly gay member of the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.