Nominated by Government of Ireland Nationality Irish Profession Barrister
Judge | Appointed by Michael D. Higgins Political party Labour Party Party Labour Party | |
Full Name Iseult Mary O'Malley Born 16 February 1964 (age 53)
Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland ( 1964-02-16 ) Alma mater Trinity College Dublin
King's Inns Education Honorable Society of Kings Inns | ||
Iseult Mary O'Malley (born 16 February 1964) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland appointed on the 6 October 2015.
She was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and King's Inns. She is a granddaughter of Kevin O'Higgins, the Minister for Justice who was assassinated in 1927. She was called to the Bar in 1987, and became a Senior Counsel in 2007. She was appointed as a judge of the High Court in 2012. She had practised mainly in criminal law, and was Director and Chair of the Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) from 1985 to 2012. She won a Person of the Year Award in 2004 for her work with FLAC.
She was nominated to the Supreme Court in July 2015 and was appointed by the President of Ireland on 1 October 2015. She made the Declaration required by the Constitution of a Judge of the Supreme Court on 6 October 2015.