Aindrias Ó Caoimh

Personal life Ó Caoimh was educated at O'Connell School and at University College Dublin.

He was a brother of Brian Ó Cuív and uncle of Éamon Ó Cuív. He and his wife Sheila had seven children.

Ó Caoimh's son, of the same name, is an Irish judge who served as a Judge of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2015, and as a Judge of the High Court from 1999 to 2004.

Lawless v. Ireland During his second term as Attorney General of Ireland he represented the Government of Ireland in Lawless v. Ireland (1957–1961), the first case before the European Court of Human Rights. This case was brought by Gerald Lawless, who was represented by Seán MacBride, a human rights lawyer. The case concerned the detention without trial of a suspected member of the IRA who claimed that Ireland had breached Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the European Convention of Human Rights that provide rights to liberty and security, fair trial and the principle of ‘no punishment without law’. The court found in favour of the Irish Government that no violation of the European Convention on Human Rights had taken place.

Arms Trial In September 1970, Ó Caoimh withdrew from the Arms Trial, with the result that the case had to be re-heard after six days of evidence had already been given.