Courts Service Of Ireland

The latest guidance from the Courts Service of Ireland in relation to the coronavirus pandemic, issued on Sunday night, is reproduced in full below. Notice for practitioners and members of the public requiring services from court offices in respect of criminal, family law and civil law business

Written court judgments will be delivered by email instead of being handed down in court under new measures to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement this morning, the Courts Service of Ireland said the move had been agreed by the Chief Justice and the presidents of each court jurisdiction

Additional measures to prevent crowding in the Criminal Courts of Justice have been announced after "a glitch in the situation" yesterday. There was unexpected crowding in the courts yesterday morning due to "an unexpected emergency application", a Courts Service spokesperson said.

The Courts Service of Ireland has announced measures to "scale back" the numbers attending court. The latest update, issued on Friday evening, is reproduced in full below. The Courts Service has managed a very successful introduction of measures to scale back the work of the courts, which began toda

The Courts Service of Ireland issued the below update on coronavirus yesterday evening at 6.30pm. The Courts Service is introducing measures starting tomorrow (Friday 13 March), which will scale back the number and size of court hearings. In many ways it will be business as usual, but with mitigatin

The Courts Service of Ireland issued the below update on coronavirus yesterday afternoon, which Irish Legal News is republishing in full. The Courts Service continues to follow the instructions set out in the HSE’s official communications on the coronavirus.

Contingency plans are being drawn up for the possibility of courthouses being closed due to coronavirus, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said. Mr Flanagan yesterday addressed a special sitting of the Dáil to set out preparations in the justice sector for the possibility of a COVID-19 ou

Thousands of fine enforcement notices are set to be reissued with fresh court dates after an administrative error, the Courts Service of Ireland has said. Around 14,000 notices were recently issued with the wrong fine date printed on them.

People will be allowed to plead guilty to certain offences online under plans being considered in a bid to improve the efficiency of the courts, according to reports. According to the Irish Independent, the proposals are included in the Courts Service of Ireland's 10-year strategy, which has been ap

Drivers should not be able to renew their motor tax or sell their cars without paying outstanding fines, the Courts Service of Ireland has proposed. Chief executive Angela Denning set out the proposal in correspondence to the Oireachtas public accounts committee last year, The Irish Times reports.

Barristers Emer Gillen and Juliet Dwyer have joined the Courts Service of Ireland management team. Both Ms Gillen and Ms Dwyer are qualified practitioners who have worked in both private practice and public sector organisations, including the Courts Service.

The Courts Service of Ireland has raised over €1,000 for charity through its new KeepCup initiative.

A project to install child distraction spaces in Irish courts has secured support through a new innovation fund. Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe yesterday confirmed that the Courts Service would receive €10,000 from the new Public Service Innovation Fund set up under the Our Public Service 202

Pupils from Carndonagh Community School in Co Donegal have become the first to take part in a video conference with Supreme Court judges under a new initiative aimed at helping young people understand the work of the court.

The refurbishment of Carndonagh Courthouse has been put "on the long finger" after its closure in March, a local councillor has suggested. Court sittings in Carndonagh were relocated to Buncrana at the start of March to allow for the courthouse to be examined and eventually refurbished.