Colm Condon
Colm Condon | |
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| 15th Attorney General of Ireland | |
| In office 16 March 1965 – 14 March 1973 | |
| Taoiseach | |
| Preceded by | Aindrias Ó Caoimh |
| Succeeded by | Declan Costello |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 July 1921 Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland |
| Died | 9 August 2008 (aged 87) Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse | Stephanie Power |
| Children | 4 |
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| Education | Terenure College |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Colm Patrick Condon (16 July 1921 – 9 August 2008) was an Irish barrister who served as Attorney General of Ireland from 1965 to 1973.
Condon served in office as Attorney General of Ireland during the beginning of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s.
He was born in
Condon was educated at Terenure College in Dublin and subsequently at University College Dublin. He practised cases including those involving defamation and personal injury.
Condon was called to the Bar in 1944, and became a senior counsel in 1959. He was appointed as Attorney General of Ireland, serving under
In 1972, he helped draft legislation that set up the Special Criminal Court.
In 1997, Condon appeared before the Moriarty Tribunal in which he sided with Haughey challenging the powers of the tribunal.
Condon was married twice. He had two sons Colm and Eoin, and two daughters, Stephanie and Carolyn by his first marriage.[3]
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