“A new judge to the Court of Appeal just announced.” “Who’s that?” “Brian O’Moore, just literally, as we speak.” The interview is about to begin and High Court President David Barniville is sitting in his spacious chambers in the Four Courts, flicking through his phone. “We are supposed to be getting all these judges and all we’re doing is losing them now.”  He laughs, then rattles through the numbers like an asset manager. “We were up two and we are supposed to get another four in September. But now we’ll need to get five because we’re down one. So effectively,…

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