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Michelle Ní Longáin SC

Europe 2026

Byrne Wallace Shields

Ranked in 1 practice area

Employment

Ireland

20 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

As Partner and Head of the Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Employment Law Team and Head of the Public Sector Group, Michelle Ní Longáin manages and coordinates the firms offering to many of its public sector clients and advises on employment law at the highest levels on strategic matters.

Michelle is widely recognised in the market place as a leading expert in equality law. She is lead employment adviser to a number of our large private sector clients. Michelle leads our protected disclosure advices to clients, including advice to the government department on the statutory guidance for public bodies under the Protected Disclosures Act.

Professional Memberships

Council of Law Society of Ireland, Dublin Solicitors Bar Association.

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

Employment - Ireland

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Michelle Ní Longáin maintains an excellent reputation in the Ireland employment market. She is particularly skilled at advising clients in the public sector on the implementation of domestic and EU-mandated directives in relation to matters such as data protection, protected disclosures, whistle-blowing and discrimination.

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