Charles Lysaght is an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 lawyer, author and journalist. He is the foremost writer of obituaries

Obituary

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 in Ireland.

Legal career

Lysaght was educated at Cambridge University and qualified as a barrister

Barrister

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 at the King's Inns

King's Inns

The Honorable Society of King's Inns , is the institution which controls the entry of barristers-at-law into the justice system of Ireland...

, Dublin, and then at Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn

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 in London

London

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. He was one of the duo that won the first Irish Times Debate in 1960 and was elected auditor of the King's Inns Debating Society in 1961. He worked for the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs

Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland)

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is a department of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for promoting the interests of Ireland in the European Union and the wider world...

 as a specialist in European Union law

European Union law

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. He is President of the Cambridge University Ireland Society.