Adrian Hardiman: ‘Renaissance man and colossus of the legal world’

The State has lost a “colossus of the legal world” following the death of Supreme Court judge Adrian Hardiman, the chief justice has said.

At a special sitting of the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, Ms Justice Susan Denham told the packed court she and her colleagues on the court had lost “a good and true friend”.

The presidents of the Court of Appeal and High Court, Mr Justice Sean Ryan and Mr Justice Peter Kelly, joined the chief justice and the other Supreme Court judges to sit in memory of the late judge whose chair was left empty for the brief special sitting, which was televised.