The appointment of the first woman to the Special Criminal Court was announced yesterday. Judge Mary O'Halloran a district court judge, will succeed the late Judge Thomas Ballagh in the non-jury court.
Judge O'Halloran became a barrister in 1976 when she was called to the Bar. Four years later she qualified as a solicitor. In 1992 she was appointed a judge of the district court and has been in the west Limerick/north Kerry district since August 1993.