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The following barristers are highly recommended for general commercial and Chancery litigation cases: Michael M Collins, Michael Cush, Ian Finlay, Paul Gardiner, John Gordon, Michael McDowell, Eoin McGonigal, Brian Murray, Richard Nesbitt and Paul Sreenan. David Barniville, Eileen Barrington, Maurice Gerard Collins, Cian Ferriter, Eoin McCullough and Bill Shipsey are also recommended. Recommended junior counsel are Rossa Fanning, Brian Kennedy, Declan McGrath, Rory Mulcahy, Peggy O’Rourke and Ciaran Ramsay.

For IP matters, recommended names are John Breslin, John Gordon, Michael J Howard, Denis McDonald, Richard Nesbitt and Brian O’Moore, as well as juniors Jacinta Heslin and Jonathan Newman.

Juniors Reg Jackson and Peter Shanley are highly recommended for construction law, as are seniors Tony O’Connor and James O’Reilly for agricultural cases.

Senior counsel Denis McCullough, Felix McEnroy and Denis McDonald are healthcare experts.

For EU and competition matters, solicitors highlight the experience of Anthony Collins, Michael M Collins, Gerard Durcan, Eugene Regan and Paul Sreenan.

For employment work, senior counsel Frank Callanan, Ian Finlay, Mark Connaughton, Gerard Durcan, Michael J Howard, John Rogers and Ercus Stewart are recommended. Tom Mallon is also highly regarded.

In the environmental and planning space, Nuala Butler, Hugh O’Neill and Garrett Simons are highly recommended seniors, while junior counsel Jarlath Fitzsimons, Rory Mulcahy and Micheál D O’Connell are recommended.

Paul Sreenan, David Barniville, Michael M Collins, Denis McDonald and Murray McGrath are recommended for insurance cases.

Denis McDonald is widely recommended on shipping matters, and Brian Murray and Paul Sreenan are judicial review experts.

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