1997 Council of State

appointed by the President - November 1997

1. Ex-Officio Members
   (Article 31.2.i of the Constitution)

   • Bertie Ahern (Taoiseach)
   • Mary Harney (Tánaiste)
   • Liam Hamilton (Chief Justice)
   • Frederick Morris (President of the High Court)
   • Seamus Pattison (Ceann Comhairle)
   • Brian Mullooly (Chairman of Seanad Éireann)
   • David Byrne (Attorney General)

2. Persons who have held certain offices
   (Article 31.2.ii of the Constitution)

   • Patrick Hillery, Mary Robinson (former Presidents)
   • Jack Lynch, Liam Cosgrave, Charles Haughey, Garret Fitzgerald, Albert Reynolds, John Bruton, (former Taoisigh)
   • Thomas O'Higgins, Thomas Finlay (former Chief Justices)

3. Persons appointed by the President
   (Articles 31.2.iii and 31.3 of the Constitution)

• Sr Stanislaus Kennedy
• Ruth Curtis
• Christina Carney Flynn
• Brian Crowley MEP
• Noel Stewart
• Martin Naughton
• Gordon Brett

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