Mary Laffoy chaired the Citizens' Assembly between 2016 and 2018.
14 Facts About Mary Laffoy
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Mary Laffoy was educated at University College Dublin and King's Inns.
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Mary Laffoy received the John Brooks Scholarship at the Inns for achieving the highest marks.
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Mary Laffoy received a BA degree from UCD in 1968 and a BCL degree in 1971.
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Mary Laffoy was called to the Bar in 1971 and to the Inner Bar in 1987.
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Mary Laffoy became a Senior Counsel on the same day as future Supreme Court colleagues Susan Denham and Liam McKechnie and at the time was only one of four women seniors.
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Mary Laffoy appeared in the Cityview Press case which clarified the law on the nondelegation doctrine in Ireland.
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Mary Laffoy appeared in another Article 26 reference made by Mary Robinson regarding the Matrimonial Home Bill 1993.
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Mary Laffoy was appointed as a judge of the High Court in 1995.
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Mary Laffoy presided over the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse from 1999 to 2003, an inquiry into child abuse.
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Mary Laffoy's decision was overturned on appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Mary Laffoy was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ireland in July 2013.
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Mary Laffoy retired from the Supreme Court on 16 June 2017.
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Mary Laffoy became the president of the Law Reform Commission in 2018.