Francis Murphy

Francis Dominick Murphy is an Irish judge and barrister who served as judge of the Irish High Court between 1982 and 1996 and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ireland in 1996, serving until 2002. He was the chair of the group which produced the Ferns Report in 2005. Early life Murphy became a senior counsel in 1969. In addition to practice, he taught as a professor at the King's Inns. He served a term as chairman of the Bar Council of Ireland. He became a bencher of the King's Inns in 1975. Judicial career High Court He became a judge of the High Court in 1982. He was in charge of insolvency matters in the High Court during the 1990s and oversaw the insolvency process related to The Irish Press. Murphy served on an advisory committee to the Law Reform Commission.