Cork barrister shares prestigious Irish law book award

A CORK barrister has spoken of her delight that a book she co-authored has jointly won a prestigious award.

Medical Inquests, co-written by Doireann O’Mahony, a Cork barrister who specialises in medical negligence cases, with Roger Murray SC and solicitor, and solicitor David O’Malley, has jointly won the Practical Law Book of the Year at the prestigious annual Dublin Solicitors’ Bar Association (DSBA) Law Book Awards.

Inquests

The book examines the law surrounding inquests concerning deaths in a medical setting and is the first legal publication on the area of inquests in over two decades.

The DSBA is the largest bar association in Ireland, and this year’s DSBA Law Book Awards were held in the St Stephen’s Green Club earlier this month.

Ms O’Mahony told The Echo she was very honoured that the book she had co-written had received such an award.

“It’s always nice when your work is recognised, and we had a lovely celebration of that.

“For us to be honoured by our peers within the legal profession makes us feel especially proud though, and I am so grateful to the DSBA for the recognition,” Ms O’Mahony said.

“We had the idea for this book towards the end of the covid-19 lockdown era, and for us to have come out the other side and not only see it be published, but also be used in day-to-day practice by colleagues in coroners courts the length and breadth of the country, is truly amazing.”

In 2022, Ms O’Mahony recalled that her first published work had been in the then Evening Echo, where she had worked when she was in transition year.

Last year, Ms O’Mahony was one of six recipients of a Lord Mayor’s Civic Award, with the Glasheen native receiving recognition for her work in founding the Irish Sepsis Foundation, raising awareness of the life-threatening illness and supporting those who have suffered from the disease.