Séamus Woulfe
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Séamus Woulfe SC |
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| 31st Attorney General of Ireland | |
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Assumed office 14 June 2017 |
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| Taoiseach | Leo Varadkar |
| Preceded by | Máire Whelan |
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| Born |
Séamus Philip Woulfe 1962 Raheny, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Sheena Hickey |
| Children | Grace Woulfe, Alex Woulfe |
| Education | Belvedere College |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | Official website |
Séamus Woulfe SC (born 1962) is an Irish Barrister who has served as the 31st Attorney General of Ireland since June 2017.
Woulfe was educated at Belvedere College before obtaining a BA (Mod) (Legal Science) from Trinity College, Dublin in 1984. He then obtained an LLM Degree from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia in 1986 and the BL degree from the Honourable Society of King’s Inns in 1987. Woulfe began practising at the Irish bar in October 1987 and was called to the Inner Bar as senior counsel in March 2005. He has acted as Legal Assessor to the Fitness to Practice Committees of the Irish Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.
As a junior counsel Woulfe acted in the Beef Tribunal. Woulfe and, now High Court judge, Michael White who instructed him at the tribunal (along with the then Adrian Hardiman S.C who led Woulfe) took the Government of Ireland to the European Court of Human Rights due to a very long delay in their professional fees being discharged (Michael White & Seamus Woulfe v. Ireland, Application No. 18595/04, Chamber decision 24th November 2005.) The State was liable to pay the fees but appealed a 1996 decision of the Taxing Master as to the level of the fees. The appeal took many further years to be determined. He also appeared in the notable case of Attorney General v. X. For a number of years, before he took silk, he was a part time lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin. Immediately before being appointed Attorney General he was vice-chairman of the Bar of Ireland and formally acted as the Bar Council's Treasurer. A long time resident of Clontarf, in Dublin, Woulfe is married, to a barrister, with two children.
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