John L. Murray
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The Honourable John L. Murray |
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| 10th Chief Justice of Ireland | |
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In office 23 July 2004 – 25 July 2011 |
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| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Mary McAleese |
| Preceded by | Ronan Keane |
| Succeeded by | Susan Denham |
| Justice of the Supreme Court | |
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In office 2 May 1999 – 25 July 2015 |
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| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Mary McAleese |
| Judge of the European Court of Justice | |
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In office 15 September 1992 – 2 May 1999 |
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| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | European Council |
| 21st Attorney General of Ireland | |
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In office 11 March 1987 – 25 September 1991 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | John Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Harry Whelehan |
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In office 17 August 1982 – 14 December 1982 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | Patrick Connolly |
| Succeeded by | Peter Sutherland |
| Personal details | |
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John Loyola Murray 10 May 1943 Limerick City, Limerick, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | Gabrielle Murray |
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| Profession | |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
John Loyola Murray (born 1943) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland 1999-2015 and served as Chief Justice from 2004 to 2011.
John Murray was born in Limerick in 1943 and educated at Crescent College, Limerick, Rockwell College, County Tipperary, University College Dublin, and the Honorable Society of King's Inns. He was twice elected President of the Union of Students in Ireland in 1966/67. He qualified as a barrister in 1967 and had a successful law practice dealing with commercial, civil, and constitutional law.
He was Attorney General under the Fianna Fáil government from 17 August to 14 December 1982. The Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, appointed him as Attorney General after his predecessor, Patrick Connolly, resigned abruptly over the GUBU scandal, when a murderer Malcolm McArthur was arrested in Connolly's Dalkey flat.
His next term in office as Attorney General extended from 11 March 1987 to 25 September 1991. In 1988 he refused to allow the extradition of Fr. Patrick Ryan to Britain on explosives charges dealing with the Provisional IRA on the basis that the trial he would be given would not be fair to due excessive media coverage and remarks made in Parliament by the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher which were considered prejudicial.
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