Garrett Sheehan
{{Short description|Irish judge}}
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| name = Garrett Sheehan
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| office = Judge of the Court of Appeal
| term_start = 24 October 2014
| term_end = 23 March 2017
| nominator = Government of Ireland
| appointer = Michael D. Higgins
| office1 = Judge of the High Court
| term_start1 = 5 October 2007
| term_end1 = 24 October 2014
| nominator1 = Government of Ireland
| appointer1 = Mary McAleese
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| nationality = Irish
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| alma_mater = {{Ubl|University College Dublin|Law Society of Ireland}}
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Garrett Sheehan is a retired Irish judge who served as a Judge of the Court of Appeal from 2014 to 2017 and a Judge of the High Court from 2007 to 2014.
He was educated at University College Dublin and the Law Society of Ireland. He was enrolled as a solicitor in 1969.{{cite news | url=http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/News/Government_Press_Releases/Appointments_to_the_Court_of_Appeal.html | work=Department of the Taoiseach | title=Appointments to the Court of Appeal | date=29 October 2014 | access-date=16 January 2016 | archive-date=8 February 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208162544/https://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/News/Government_Press_Releases/Appointments_to_the_Court_of_Appeal.html | url-status=live }} He is a bencher of the King's Inns.{{fact|date=February 2022}}
He retired from the bench in 2017.{{cite news | url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/tributes-to-standard-bearer-mr-justice-garrett-sheehan-1.3020636 | work=Irish Times | title=Tributes to 'standard bearer' Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan | date=22 March 2017 | access-date=15 April 2017 | archive-date=27 April 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427131651/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/tributes-to-standard-bearer-mr-justice-garrett-sheehan-1.3020636 | url-status=live }} On 9 December 2020, he was appointed by President Michael D. Higgins to the position of Chairperson of the Standards in Public Office Commission.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sipo.ie/about/press-releases/ |title=Press releases |access-date=2020-12-10 |archive-date=2020-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210112959/https://www.sipo.ie/about/press-releases/ |url-status=live }}
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Category:Alumni of University College Dublin
Category:Judges of the Court of Appeal (Ireland)
Category:High Court judges (Ireland)
Category:21st-century Irish judges