Raymond Groarke
Raymond Donal Groarke is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the Circuit Court since September 1995. He previously served as the President of the Circuit Court from June 2012 to July 2019.
He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, University College Dublin and the King's Inns. He was called to the Bar in 1973. He practiced as a barrister in Dublin and the Midlands and West of Ireland from 1973 to 1996. In 1996, he was appointed a judge of the Circuit Court and in 2012 he was appointed President of the Circuit Court.
Following the end of his term as President, he has returned to sit as an ordinary Circuit Court judge in County Galway and County Mayo for the Western Circuit.
