Michael Collins' great-nephew to be made Supreme Court judge

Helen Collins (far left), Maurice Collins (centre), and Taoiseach Micheál Martin (far right) at the official handover of Michael Collins diaries to the National Archives at Woodfield, Clonakilty, Co Cork, last November.

A great-nephew of Michael Collins is to be made a judge of the Supreme Court.

Maurice Collins, from Clonakilty, Co Cork, has been selected to replace Justice Frank Clarke, who retired from the Supreme Court in October 2021.