Longford solicitor Michael Connellan has been nominated as a District Court judge.
The former county councillor is one of 8 people around the country who have bene nominated to the courts as a result of the Governments investment in additional judges following the work of the Judicial Planning Working Group.
The number of District Court Judges will now increase from 63 to 71.
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Michael Connellan qualified as a solicitor in 2000.
His father was also appointed as a Judge in 1994 and served on the bench for almost a decade.
Michael Connellan served as a Fianna Fail member of Longford Urban Council from 2007 to 2014.
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He took up a position with the Child and Family Agency TUSLA in 2019.
