Dermot Gleeson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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barrister
Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1949
Place of Birth: Cork, Munster, Ireland
Profession: lawyer, barrister
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Dermot Gleeson
- Dermot Gleeson SC (born 12 November 1949) is an Irish barrister who served as Attorney General of Ireland from 1994 to 1997. Educated in Blackrock College, Dublin, Gleeson holds B.A.
- and LL.M degrees and qualified as a barrister at the King's Inns, Dublin.
- His father was a solicitor and barrister and was later appointed a Circuit Court Judge and some of his brothers (John and Michael another brother is a practising general practitioner Dr.
- Tim Gleeson) also work as lawyers (Senior Counsel).
- Called to the Irish bar in 1970 he first practised outside of Dublin, Ireland's main legal centre, on the Cork Circuit.
- In the early 1970s he was a part-time lecturer in Constitutional Law at University College Cork. He then moved to Dublin when he was appointed a Senior Counsel in 1979, at age 30. Gleeson was a leading barrister in Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s before he became a senior government advisor and then a businessman.
- From 1994–1997, he was chief legal advisor to the government of Taoiseach John Bruton, serving as Attorney General of Ireland.
- Gleeson is a Bencher of King's Inns.
- He is also a Visiting Fellow at the School of Law at University College, Dublin.
- In more recent years he has become known for his business career.
- In 2000, he joined the board of Independent News and Media Plc as a non-executive director and in 2003, he was appointed Chairman of Ireland's largest bank Allied Irish Banks.
- His time in charge of AIB resulted in the enormous drops in the share price, leading to the infamous 'egging' incident at the May 2009 shareholder's meeting.
- In 2003, he was appointed ombudsman for the Diamond Trading Company (DTC), the marketing offshoot of diamond mining giant De Beers.
- In 2007, he was appointed chairman of the Governing Body of University College, Cork. Gleeson is a former Auditor of the Literary and Historical Society, University College Dublin, and winner of the Irish Times National Debating Championship. He currently resides in Dublin.
- He is married and has four children.
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