Donald Binchy

He was elevated to the Court of Appeal in March 2020. A vacancy arose following the appointment of Marie Baker to the Supreme Court of Ireland.

In 2015 he granted an injunction against RTÉ taken by Denis O'Brien to prevent the broadcast of details of his personal banking arrangements contained in a news report. He subsequently held that what was said about O'Brien in Dáil Éireann was reportable.

Binchy became a High Court judge in October 2014. He was the first solicitor from Clonmel to be appointed to the High Court.

He became President of the Law Society of Ireland in 2011 to serve a term until 2012. He had previously served on various committees of the Law Society prior to becoming president.

Binchy is from Clonmel in County Tipperary. His father Don was a solicitor who was the President of the Law Society of Ireland from 1990 to 1991. He attended Clongowes Wood College and received a BCL degree from University College Dublin in 1984. He qualified as a solicitor from the Law Society in 1987 and spent two years practising at a commercial firm in Dublin, Cawley, Sheerin, Wynne, practising in area of funds and re-insurance. He subsequently joined the firm founded by his grandfather, Binchy Solicitors, in Clonmel. He was appointed solicitor to Clonmel Corporation in 1995.

Donald Binchy (born 1963) is an Irish lawyer who is currently a Judge of the Court of Appeal. He was formerly a solicitor and was the President of the Law Society of Ireland between 2011 and 2012. He was a Judge of the High Court between 2014 and 2020.