Séamus Hughes
Teachta Dála
In office
November 1992 – June 1997
ConstituencyMayo West
Personal details
Born(1952-09-01)1 September 1952
Westport, County Mayo, Ireland
Died12 July 2022(2022-07-12) (aged 69)
County Mayo, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
SpouseMaria Hughes
Children4

Séamus F. Hughes (1 September 1952 – 12 July 2022) was an Irish District Court judge and Fianna Fáil politician.[1][2]

He was from Westport, County Mayo. Hughes was a solicitor, when he was elected to the 27th Dáil as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo West constituency on his first attempt at the 1992 general election.[3] He lost his seat at the 1997 general election when the constituency was combined with Mayo East and the combined Mayo constituency was reduced to 5 seats.[4] Hughes was then appointed State Solicitor for County Mayo.

Hughes was a District Court judge from 2009 to 2022, sitting in District Court area Number One in County Donegal.[5] He attracted criticism over comments on the ethnic backgrounds of those before him in court, having described some as "neanderthals" and commented on social welfare being like "snuff at a wake".[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Tributes paid on death of District Court Judge Seamus Hughes". shannonside.ie. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Death notice of Seamus Hughes". RIP.ie. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Séamus Hughes". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Séamus Hughes". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Seamus Hughes appointed District Court Judge". The Mayo News. 3 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "Pavee Point: Judge should quit over 'laws of jungle' Traveller comment". Irish Examiner. 11 September 2012.
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