Pat McCartan
Pat McCartan | |
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Judge of the Circuit Court | |
In office 1997–2016 | |
Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
Appointed by | Mary Robinson |
Teachta Dála | |
In office February 1987 – November 1992 | |
Constituency | Dublin North-East |
Dublin City Counciller | |
In office 1985–1987 | |
Constituency | Artane |
Personal details | |
Born | (1953-05-05) 5 May 1953 (age 71) County Wexford, Ireland |
Political party |
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Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Patrick John McCartan (born 5 May 1953) is an Irish lawyer who was a Circuit Court judge and a former politician.
A native of Wexford, he was educated at University College Dublin.[1] He first practiced as a solicitor working in criminal defence and was a founder of the McCartan & Hogan Solicitors law firm.[2][3]
His first several elections were unsuccessful, contesting the 1981, the February 1982, and November 1982 elections.[3] However, he was elected to Dublin City Council in the 1985 local election for the Artane area,[2][3] serving for 2 years before he was then elected to Dáil Éireann as a Workers' Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-East constituency at the 1987 general election.[3][4] He was re-elected at the 1989 general election.[3]
In 1992 he joined with Proinsias De Rossa and five other Workers' Party deputies in resigning from the Workers' Party and in the creation of a new party, New Agenda which subsequently became Democratic Left.[2][3] He stood as a Democratic Left candidate at the 1992 general election but lost his seat.[5] After the collapse of the 1992–1994 Fianna Fáil–Labour Party coalition government Democratic Left joined in a new coalition with Fine Gael and the Labour Party. This government subsequently appointed McCartan to the bench as a Circuit Court judge.[2]
He retired as a judge in August 2016.[2]
In August 2020, he attended a golf party in County Galway which breached the COVID-19 guidelines.[6]
References
- ^ "Legal eagle with political background". Irish Independent. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Judge McCartan steps down after 19 years". Irish Independent. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Lally, Conor (7 March 2017). "Who is the judge chairing the Stardust inquiry?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Patrick McCartan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^ "Pat McCartan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^ Moore, Aoife (21 August 2020). "#Golfgate: Invite to Oireachtas event didn't mention pandemic". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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9th | 1937 | Alfie Byrne (Ind) | Oscar Traynor (FF) | James Larkin (Ind) | 3 seats 1937–1948 | ||||||
10th | 1938 | Richard Mulcahy (FG) | |||||||||
11th | 1943 | James Larkin (Lab) | |||||||||
12th | 1944 | Harry Colley (FF) | |||||||||
13th | 1948 | Jack Belton (FG) | Peadar Cowan (CnaP) | ||||||||
14th | 1951 | Peadar Cowan (Ind) | |||||||||
15th | 1954 | Denis Larkin (Lab) | |||||||||
1956 by-election | Patrick Byrne (FG) | ||||||||||
16th | 1957 | Charles Haughey (FF) | |||||||||
17th | 1961 | George Colley (FF) | Eugene Timmons (FF) | ||||||||
1963 by-election | Paddy Belton (FG) | ||||||||||
18th | 1965 | Denis Larkin (Lab) | |||||||||
19th | 1969 | Conor Cruise O'Brien (Lab) | Eugene Timmons (FF) | 4 seats 1969–1977 | |||||||
20th | 1973 | ||||||||||
21st | 1977 | Constituency abolished |
Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
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22nd | 1981 | Michael Woods (FF) | Liam Fitzgerald (FF) | Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus (Ind) | Michael Joe Cosgrave (FG) | ||||
23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Maurice Manning (FG) | Ned Brennan (FF) | ||||||
24th | 1982 (Nov) | Liam Fitzgerald (FF) | |||||||
25th | 1987 | Pat McCartan (WP) | |||||||
26th | 1989 | ||||||||
27th | 1992 | Tommy Broughan (Lab) | Seán Kenny (Lab) | ||||||
28th | 1997 | Martin Brady (FF) | Michael Joe Cosgrave (FG) | ||||||
29th | 2002 | 3 seats from 2002 | |||||||
30th | 2007 | Terence Flanagan (FG) | |||||||
31st | 2011 | Seán Kenny (Lab) | |||||||
32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See Dublin Bay North |