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Hugh Geoghegan
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He replaced Mr Justice Donal Barrington. Before appointment to the Supreme Court, Geoghegan had spent eight years as a judge of the High Court, being nominated to that position by the short-lived Fianna Fáil-Labour coalition. Geoghegan has the special distinction of being the first son of a Supreme Court judge to follow in his father"s footsteps.
His father James Geoghegan was a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála representing Longford–Westmeath from 1930 to 1937 and Minister for Justice, Attorney General, and judge of the Supreme Court.
They have three children. His father-in-law Thomas Finlay is a former Chief Justice (1985–1994).
He also appeared before the tribunal of inquiry into the Stardust fire. He is a former auditor and current vice-president of the University College Dublin Law Society
Justice Geoghegan was appointed Honorary Adjunct Professor of Law in the Department of Law at the National University of Ireland Maynooth in 2011.
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Roman Catholic