Patricia Ryan | |
|---|---|
| President of the Circuit Court | |
| Assumed office 13 July 2019 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Michael D. Higgins |
| Preceded by | Raymond Groarke |
| Judge of the Circuit Court | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2002 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Mary McAleese |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
Patricia Ryan is an Irish judge who has served as President of the Circuit Court since 2019 and a Judge of the Circuit Court since July 2002.
Ryan attended University College Dublin and the King's Inns. She was called to the Irish Bar in 1984.[1] She acted in cases including those involving personal injuries.[2][3]
She was appointed a vice-chairperson of the Employment Appeals Tribunal in 1998 and was re-appointed in 2001.[4]
Ryan was nominated to the Circuit Court in June 2002 and appointed in July 2002.[5][6] She has presided over criminal law trials involving dangerous driving, manslaughter, fraud, sexual offences, theft, harassment, health and safety law, and drugs offences.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
She sat on the Special Criminal Court.[15]
She became the President of the Circuit Court in July 2019.[16][17]
Ryan married Brian Lenihan Jnr in 1997 with whom she had two children. Lenihan died in 2011.[18][19]