Nial Fennelly

The Hon. Mr. Justice Nial Fennelly
Judge of the Supreme Court
In office October 2000 – May 2014
Nominated by	Government of Ireland
Advocate General of the European Court of Justice
In office 1995–2000
Nominated by	Government of Ireland
Personal details
Born	(1942-05-03) 3 May 1942
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	University College Dublin, King's Inns
Profession	Judge, Barrister

Nial Fennelly (born 3 May 1942) served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland from 2000 to 2014 and was an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice from 1995 to 2000. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, took a degree in economics at University College Dublin and completed his Bar studies at King's Inns. He was a Barrister-at-Law from 1964 to 1995; when he was appointed as a senior counsel, he based himself full-time in Dublin, but when a junior barrister, he worked both there and on the South Eastern circuit. Fennelly was Chairman of the Bar Council of Ireland shortly before his appointment as Advocate General. Fennelly is president of the Irish Society for European Law.

Fennelly is the sole member of the "Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters relative to An Garda Síochána and other persons)", commonly called the Fennelly Commission, a commission of investigation established in April 2014 by the current government of Ireland to investigate several controversies involving the Garda Síochána.

See also

• List of members of the European Court of Justice