(1926-08-01)1 August 1926 Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland
Died
6 June 2011(2011-06-06) (aged 84) Beaumont Medical Clinic, Dublin, Ireland
Resting place
Shanganagh Cemetery, Shankill, Dublin, Ireland
Political party
Fine Gael
Spouse
Joan Fitzsimons
(m. 1954)
Children
6, including Caroline
Parents
John A. Costello (father)
Ida Mary O'Malley (mother)
Education
Sacred Heart convent school
St Xavier's School
Alma mater
University College Dublin
King's Inn
Declan Costello (1 August 1926 – 6 June 2011) was an Irish judge, barrister and Fine Gael politician who served as President of the High Court from 1995 to 1998, a Judge of the High Court from 1977 to 1998 and Attorney General of Ireland from 1973 to 1977. He also served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 1951 to 1969 and for the Dublin South-West constituency from 1973 to 1977.[1]
The formulator of the Towards a Just Society policy document, Costello was credited with shifting Fine Gael towards the left,[2] a move which made the party a more attractive coalition partner for the Labour Party.[2] Costello's ideals were later viewed as having been taken up by Garret FitzGerald, who became leader of Fine Gael and was twice Taoiseach.[3] As Attorney General, Costello created the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Law Reform Commission, and for this Costello has been called the "most consequential attorney general in the state's history".[4]
^"Declan Costello". Oireachtas Members Database. 16 March 1977. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
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^Kelly, Fiach (7 June 2011). "Fine Gael reformer Declan Costello dies at 84". Irish Independent. Retrieved 7 January 2022. Garret FitzGerald made the 'Just Society' document mainstream party policy when he assumed the Fine Gael leadership from 1977
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