Editing Attorney general (section)

===Ireland===
{{Main|Attorney General of Ireland}}
The Attorney General of Ireland is the legal adviser to the Government and is therefore the chief law officer of the State. The attorney general as of 17 December 2022 is [[Rossa Fanning]], [[Senior Counsel|SC]].

The Office of the Attorney General is made up of a number of different offices:
* The Attorney General's Office (located at Merrion Street, Dublin 2) containing the Advisory Counsel to the Attorney General
* The Office of Parliamentary Counsel to the Government (also located at Merrion Street, Dublin 2) containing the Parliamentary Counsel who draft legislation and have responsibilities in the area of Statute Law revision
* The Chief State Solicitor's Office (CSSO) (located at Little Ship Street, Dublin 8) containing the solicitors representing the Attorney and the State.

Since the enactment of the Prosecution of Offenses Act 1974, the responsibility for the prosecution of indictable criminal offences is mostly in the hands of the [[Director of Public Prosecutions (Ireland)|Director of Public Prosecutions]] who is independent of the attorney general and the State.