Dublin solicitor is appointed to the State job in Sligo
A solicitor who was based at the Director of Public Prosecution’s Office in Dublin has been appointed as State Solicitor for County Sligo.
Elisia McHugh was appointed towards the end of last week and officially takes up her position on February 1st.
She succeeds Hugh Sheridan who retired from the post shortly before Christmas.
Ms McHugh is married to a native of Glencar, North Sligo.
She initially started working in the courts section of the DPP’s office before a spell with the Crown Prosecution Service.
She then returned to the office of the DPP where she was attached to the directing division. Ms McHugh is the daughter of a former Assistant Garda Commissioners and is in her mid forties.
Ms McHugh served as a solic- itor to the 2009 Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse.