The Cabinet will on Tuesday approve the process to appoint a new Chief Justice to replace Frank Clarke who is set to retire later this year. Justice Clarke, as the top judge in the country is paid €256,584, and has been in office since 2017. The Irish Examiner has confirmed that Justice Minister Helen McEntee is to seek approval from her colleagues to establish a bespoke committee which will by October make a recommendation on the process to replace the Chief Justice. Judge Clarke, born in 1951, was appointed the 12th Chief Justice of Ireland on the 28th July, 2017, by President Michael D. Higgins. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to reform the judicial appointments process and I intend to bring forward new legislation to do this very quickly.

Source: Irish Examiner March 22, 2021 13:14 UTC