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Michael Moriarty (judge)
Irish judge (born 1946) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Anthony Moriarty, SC (born 10 August 1946) is a retired Irish judge who served as a Judge of the High Court from 1996 to 2018 and a Judge of the Circuit Court from 1987 to 1996.
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Early life and career
Michael Moriarty was born in Belfast to James and Nora Moriarty.[1] He moved to Dublin in 1960 and was educated at Blackrock College, University College Dublin and King's Inns.[2] He was called to the Irish Bar in 1968, and became a Senior Counsel in March 1982.[1] He specialised in criminal law at the bar.[3]
He was appointed Chairman of the Employment Appeals Tribunal in 1986.[2]
Judicial career
He became a Circuit Court judge in 1987. He was subsequently appointed a High Court judge in March 1996.[2] He was the chairperson of the Lord Mayor's Commission on Crime.[3]
He is best known as Chair of the Moriarty Tribunal, which he chaired between 1997 and 2010.[3] The Tribunal investigated the financial affairs of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey and former Minister Michael Lowry.[4] The first report, in 2006, found that Haughey had misappropriated funds.[5] The second report, delivered in 2011, found that Lowry had shared information with Denis O'Brien "of significant value and assistance" to aid in the awarding of a mobile telephone licence.[6]
He retired in April 2018, following 31 years as a judge.[3]
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Personal life
He was formerly married to Mary Irvine, with whom he has three children.[7] He subsequently married Doreen Delahunty.[3]
References
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