Patrick Connolly

Patrick Connolly
20th Attorney General of Ireland
In office
9 March 1982  17 August 1982
Appointed by Patrick Hillery
Taoiseach Charles Haughey
Preceded by Peter Sutherland
Succeeded by John L. Murray
Personal details
Born 1927
Oldtown, Dublin, Ireland
Died 7 January 2016 (aged 8889)
Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Irish

Patrick (Paddy) Connolly (1927 – 7 January 2016) was an Attorney General of Ireland who was appointed by Charles Haughey.[1] Connolly resigned after Malcolm MacArthur, who had been a house-guest of Connolly's, was arrested for murder (see GUBU).[2][3]

Connolly returned to practice at the Irish bar and to work as a Senior Counsel in Dublin. A life-long bachelor, Connolly was in his 80s when he died.[4]

References

  1. http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/act-of-kindness-to-a-vile-murderer-destroyed-patrick-connollys-career-34349605.html
  2. "Obituary: Charles Haughey". BBC News Online. 13 June 2006.
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/17/world/irish-attorney-general-quits-had-murder-suspect-at-home.html
  4. "Ex-attorney general in Gubu case dies". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Peter Sutherland
Attorney General of Ireland
1982
Succeeded by
John L. Murray
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