Lawyer PJ McGrory reported to have made comments to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs official
Concerns were raised about a former chief justice of Northern Ireland over allegations he “dislikes Jews as much as he dislikes Catholics”, according to newly released confidential documents.
Mr McGrory believed that Ronnie Appleton, a highly-regarded lawyer who led the successful prosecution of the Irish National Liberation Army’s Dominic McGlinchey, was “a strong contender” for a bench appointment. Mr O Ceallagh noted in the Department of Foreign Affairs file: “The McGlinchey trial had important political consequences for Unionists and Lowry tried to ensure a conviction. Appleton is therefore, as it were, owed one.”
Mr McGrory, who would later become internationally known for his work during the inquest into the killings of three IRA members in Gibraltar, was sharply critical of Mr Justice Lowry and accused him of choosing judges to meet political ends. Mr McGrory was also reported as believing that “the courts have been manipulated in an unprecedented fashion” by him, especially by exploiting the lack of legal transcribers.
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