Mrs Justice Catherine McGuinness, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland and President of the Law Reform Commission [1], was born in Belfast in November 1934 and educated in Belfast and Dublin (Alexandra College, Trinity College Dublin and the King's Inns). She was called to the Irish bar in 1977. In 1989 she was called to the Inner Bar, and called to the Bar of New South Wales in 1993. The Supreme Court (Irish: Chúirt Uachtarach) is the highest judicial authority in the Republic of Ireland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is the second-largest city in Ireland. ... The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ...

In addition to her Judicial career, Mrs Justice McGuinness has served on An Bord Uchtála (the Adoption Board), the Voluntary Health Insurance Board, the National Economic and Social Council, the Second Commission on the Status of Women, and has chaired the National Social Services Board, the Board of National College of Art and Design [2], the Employment Equality Agency, the Kilkenny Incest Investigation and the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation