E124 The Fifth Court - Alice Doyle, Circuit Court Judge (ret.) - Justice V Vengeance, reflections on the difficulty in sentencing
The Fifth Court29 Juni 2025

E124 The Fifth Court - Alice Doyle, Circuit Court Judge (ret.) - Justice V Vengeance, reflections on the difficulty in sentencing

Conversation from the Bench, Retired Judge Alice Doyle at the Inaugural Kilkenny Law Festival


Recorded live at the Kilkenny Law Festival, this special episode of The Fifth Court — recent Merit Award winner of the Law Society of Ireland's Awards — features a wide-ranging conversation with Retired Circuit Judge Alice Doyle. With over two decades on the bench, Judge Doyle shares rare insights into the pressures of presiding over criminal, family, and civil cases across Ireland.

She is very self-effacing about her school days and her lack of qualifications early on...however she made up for it later.

She discusses the human stories behind the courtroom, including her first time giving a long sentence for a crime, the evolution of legal practice, and life after retirement. A must-listen for legal professionals and court-watchers alike.

Her culture recommendation? A movie, 'My Cousin Vinnie'.


The episode also includes recent important cases drawn from the Decisis casebook and discussed by Mark Tottenham BL and Peter Leonard BL.

These cases are brought to you thanks to Charltons Solicitors and Collaborative Practitioners, Georges St. Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.

This episodes cases include;

  • An appeal of findings of 'professional misconduct' - a solicitor was not happy with a disciplinary hearing finding
  • A case where a child was not entitled to special care as all other options had not been exhausted
  • A case involving a Garda disciplinary issue where the Garda was seeking a Judicial Review


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