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With effect from the 3 October, 2022 and until further notice the following is a summary of the manner in which proceedings and applications will be heard in the High Court.

The President of the High Court has assigned the following judges of the High Court to be the Judge in Charge of the following High Court lists for Michaelmas Term 2022:

Please be advised from 1 November 2022 the Meath County Registrar Civil and Family Motion and Case Progression courts will cease to operate as hybrid courts.

Please be advised from 1 November 2022 the Westmeath County Registrar Civil and Family Motion and Case Progression courts will cease to operate as hybrid courts.

The President of the High Court has today signed Practice Direction HC114 amending

I, Patricia Ryan, President of the Circuit Court, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by Section 10 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1947, and by other powers conferred on me, and

Please note that the Michaelmas sitting of Appeals to the High Court from the Circuit Court, due to sit in Limerick on the 18 November 2022, will now sit in the same venue on the 17 November 2022.

All Civil/Family Law matters will relocate to the Courthouse, Washington Street, Cork.

Please note that the sitting of Dundalk District Family Law Court on Thursday the 22nd of September, 2022 has been adjourned.

Wednesday 21 September 2022

Arklow Court Wednesdays No parking available

The Four Courts will be open for Culture Night, this Friday, 23 September, with music, a movie and tours. Our Centenary exhibition is still in place if you wish to see it.

Please note that all matters listed in front of the Country Registrar in Trim Courthouse tomorrow are adjourned to 23 September 2022, in Court 4, Trim Courthouse.

Section 17 of the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Act, 2021 amends Section 21(1) of the 2009 Act by inserting the following:

All matters listed for the County Registrars Civil Motion List in Trim Courthouse today, 12 September 2022, are adjourned to the County Registrars motion list on the 3 October 2022 in Trim Courthou

I, Patricia Ryan, President of the Circuit Court, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by Section 10 of the Courts of Justice Act 1947, and by other powers conferred on me, and

I, Patricia Ryan, President of the Circuit Court, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by Section 10 of the Courts of Justice Act 1947, and by other powers conferred on me, and

Civil Motions and Family Law Motions which were listed for hearing before the County Registrar for Longford on Wednesday 7th September 2022 have been adjourned  for hearing to Wednesday 5th October

Please note that due to ongoing structural works being carried out in the Courthouse in Loughrea, the Courtroom will not be available for Court Sittings for the months of

1.The County Registrar's Family Law, Civil and Possessions' Motions Court scheduled to take place at Longford Courthouse on Wednesday, 7th September 2022 has been postponed as follows:-

Due to ongoing structural work in the Courthouse in Swords, the Courtroom will not be available for Court Sittings scheduled for the month of September.

Due to essential maintenance, CSOL will be unavailable, Thursday 25th of August at 5pm. We expect this outage to last for around 30 minutes.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused

To ensure cases that are not proceeding or that require additional time are identified, Dolphin House will operate the call over of scheduled cases at 10:30am and 11:45am from 3 October 2022.

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Please note District No2 vacation sittings will be held in Sligo Courthouse each Wednesday in August at 2.30pm.

Due to ongoing structural work the Main Courtroom in Loughrea, the Courtroom will not be available for Court Sittings scheduled for the 12, 19, and the 26

Due to essential maintenance, CSOL will be unavailable, Tuesday 9 August at 5pm. We expect this outage to last for around 30 minutes.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused

I, Patricia Ryan, President of the Circuit Court, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by Section 10 of the Courts of Justice Act 1947, and by other powers conferred on me, and

We are aware that users are experiencing an issue with High Court Search.
Our ICT team and are working to fix it as a priority.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Please note that due to building works taking place in Smithfield during the month of August, the Children’s Court (Court 55) will sit in Court No.2 Blanchardstown, Block 4 Grove Court, Grove Road,

Practitioners are hereby advised to follow the links below for District Court arrangements during the Long Vacation 2022:

Practitioners are hereby advised of the following arrangements during the Long Vacation 2022.

The Office of the Legal Costs Adjudicators continues apace, with great credit due to the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator, Paul Behan and Adjudicator Barry Magee in their efforts to k

Courts remain extremely busy in 2021 – 531,000 new cases.

The Jury for the week of the 25 July 2022 in Trim Courthouse has been discharged and there is no need for any jurors summonsed for this week to attend Court.

Dear All,

Due to essential maintenance, CSOL will be unavailable, Monday 25 of July at 5pm. We expect this outage to last for around 30 minutes.

Legal Practitioners and all other interested parties are informed that as and from the 1st September, 2022 all Notice of Motions , Ex Parte dockets and any other application for hearing before the

Please take note that due to unforeseen circumstances all matters previously listed for civil trial in Court 28 on Thursday 28 July and Friday 29 July 2022 have now been moved to a

Galway Circuit Court is not sitting on Friday 29 July 2022 and will instead be sitting Monday 25 July 2022.  Therefore all cases which were listed for Friday 29 July will now be listed on Monday 25

Please note jurors summonsed to attend for jury duty commencing on Wednesday 27 July 2022, for Court sittings in Clonmel Courthouse, it is NOT necessary for you to attend for Jury

Please note that the call over for the  High Court on Circuit Appeals list in Dundalk has been brought forward to Wednesday the 13th July at 10:30 a.m.

Important Notice: Early closure of stamp office and Dublin Civil Combined office public counters

Please note due to unforeseen circumstances the Special sitting of Sligo District Court scheduled to take place on the 11th, 12th & 13th July 2022 has been cancelled.  

Waterford Circuit Civil Court from the 19th to the 22nd of July 2022 has been cancelled.

All cases will be listed for the next callover to fix dates in Waterford.

The President of the High Court The Hon Ms Justice Mary Irvine cordially invites you to her last sitting marking her retirement on 13th July 2022 at 10am

Circumstances have arisen which now make it unnecessary for those summonesed to attend Jury Service in Anglesea Street, Cork on Monday the 11th July 2022.

Please note that His Honour Judge O'Sullivan has directed that the sitting of the Circuit Court due to sit at Listowel Courthouse on Friday the 29th of July 2022

Kilkenny Annual Licensing Court will be held on the 22nd of September 2022 at 10:30 a.m.

All applications are to be made though CSOL.ie and proofs to be lodge though the office.

All Civil and Criminal matters will now be listed on Tuesday 6 September for mention only to fix new dates for hearing.

Civil Matters will not be sitting in Court 23, Four Courts for the entire week of the 4^th July 2022 due to unforeseen circumstances.

Please note jurors summonsed to attend for jury duty in Sligo on July 4, 2022 or any days thereafter are no longer required.