Court Houses

Court business in Newry and Dungannon will be relocated for three months while repair works are carried out at Dungannon Courthouse. The 20th-century courthouse will be closed from 29 March until 1 July 2024 to allow work to replace a "defective structural beam", the Department of Justice announced

The Irish courts will benefit from €13 million in additional funding in next year's budget, including capital funding of €67 million. A total of €176.5 million has been allocated to the courts in Budget 2023, up from €164 million in the previous budget.

A new €22 million courts complex for Tralee will be built on the site of the former Denny bacon factory after Kerry councillors agreed to sell the land to the Courts Service for €160,000. Kerry County Council yesterday voted by 28-4 with one abstention in favour of the proposal to sell aro

The new dedicated family courts complex at Hammond Lane should be completed as quickly as possible to help address the shortage of courthouses in Dublin, the Oireachtas justice committee has said. In a new report on courts and courthouses, the committee also called for upgrades to Naas courthouse an

Ireland's courts service has missed its 2020 energy efficiency targets and will have to catch up to meet an even more ambitious 2030 target. The Courts Service today published its first-ever environmental sustainability strategy, which sets out its priorities for 2021 to 2024.

Northern Ireland's justice minister has set out her commitment to upgrading the courts and tribunals system in the north-west following a visit to the Bishop Street courthouse in Derry. Jury trials have not taken place at the courthouse since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic because it has not bee

Northern Ireland's justice minister Naomi Long has reassured Derry solicitors that the city's Bishop Street courthouse will reopen "once Covid has passed". Department of Justice officials have met with the Law Society of Northern Ireland and are set to meet with the Foyle Local Solicitors Associatio

A historic building which temporarily housed Cork Circuit Court will be redeveloped into a 194-bed hotel under plans approved by Cork councillors.

Court sittings in Kilrush, Co Clare have been moved to Ennis until further notice following the discovery of a bat roost in the attic of the town's historic courthouse. The Courts Service wrote to solicitors, gardaí and other court users yesterday to confirm the courthouse will not be able to

The Four Courts dome is set to become visible again for the first time in more than six years after the Office of Public Works (OPW) confirmed scaffolding would be removed during the court vacation. The OPW completed the enabling, investigative and entablature repairs works to the Four Courts dome a

Court business has resumed in Banbridge Courthouse for the first time in five years following a £140,000 refurbishment.

Work has resumed on the long-running renovation of the Four Courts dome following the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions on construction and the remaining work will be "determined and planned" by the end of the year. A spokesperson for the Office of Public Works (OPW) told Irish Legal News they wer

All windows at Newtownards Courthouse will be upgraded and replaced over the summer, Justice Minister Naomi Long has confirmed. Mrs Long told MLAs the plans are "well advanced" and will "address long-standing maintenance issues and improve energy efficiency".

Former courthouses in rural communities are among buildings set to be transformed with public funding into remote working hubs, libraries, e-learning, cultural, enterprise and community spaces. Rural and Community Development Minister Heather Humphreys today announced €75 million in funding for

A new exhibition has been launched by Kilmainham Gaol Museum to mark the 200th anniversary of one of the most dramatic events in the history of Kilmainham Courthouse.