RIP Laura Buckley Noonan
Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Photographer Tony Murray with ex Chief Justice Susan Denham
A portrait of former Chief Justice of Ireland Susan Denham, taken by Naas-based photographer Tony G Murray is part of a new stamp collection.
An Post has unveiled a new stamp collection marking International Women’s Day
The honourable Ms Denham was also a Supreme Court judge.
Some years ago Mr Murray was commissioned to undertake a photoshoot at the Carlow Courthouse.
In attendance was the then Chief Justice , who was the first woman to hold this position, serving from 2011 to 2017.
“I asked if I could capture a portrait of her in front of the concrete pillars outside the building (and) pillars of justice came to mind.”
He added: “Many years later, in November 2022, I received a call from Paul Griffin, stamp design and production manager for An Post, asking for permission to use one of my images on a stamp. It would be one in an edition of four stamps that celebrate women who have made an indelible mark on Irish public life over the last 140 years.”
Paul and his team had been looking for a portrait of the Chief Justice and when they found Tony's portrait on Google, everyone agreed that it was their favourite.
It then had to be approved through the ranks of Government and by Ms Denham herself.
On Christmas week I received the great news that it would be used for the stamp collection.
Other newly launched stamps feature portraits of former President Mary Robinson, Jennie Wyse Power (1858-1941) and Thekla Beere (1901–1991).
Mr Murray attended the unveiling event Women in Public Life at the GPO recently and met with Susan Denham again.
The collection can be ordered on An Post's website.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
