Alan Mahon (born 3 March 1951) is a retired Irish judge who served as a judge of the
Court of Appeal from 2014 to 2018 and a judge of the
Circuit Court from 2002 to 2014.
He was educated at
Clongowes Wood College
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Yo ...
,
University College Dublin
University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 33,284 student ...
and the
King's Inns. He was called to the
Bar
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in 1976, and to the Inner Bar in 1988.
He was appointed as a judge of the
Circuit Court in April 2002. He was appointed as a judge of the
Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments in September 2002 and appointed chairman of the tribunal in July 2003. In October 2014, he became a judge of the Court of Appeal.
On 24 April 2018, the
Government of Ireland
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decided to recommend Mahon for appointment as the new Ombudsman for the Defence Forces, for a three-year period with effect from 6 July 2018. Mahon was recommended following an open competition run by the Public Appointments Service. Mahon resigned as a Judge of the Court of Appeal to take up the position, which is a non-judicial position.
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Irish barristers
Living people
Judges of the Court of Appeal (Ireland)
People educated at Clongowes Wood College
Alumni of University College Dublin
Circuit Court (Ireland) judges
20th-century Irish lawyers
21st-century Irish lawyers
1951 births
Alumni of King's Inns