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The President of the District Court in consultation with the Chief Justice and other Court Presidents has decided that the following measures concerning the business of the Court will be implemente

High Court Business for Trinity Term 2021

Having regard to the Government’s current plan to ease existing Covid-19 restrictions, and

Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances, the following measures are in place for next week's sitting of the Civil Circuit Court in Nenagh:

URGENT NOTICE re Wexford sitting of Family Law Circuit Court next week (11th - 14th May 2021)

Friday 7th May 2021: The Courts Service has kept courts open and safe for urgent Family Law matters such as domestic violence throughout the pandemic.

Please note the following dates for the County Registrar's civil and family law lists for Washington Street Courthouse in Cork. 

Please note that Jurors called for service to attend for Jury Empanelment 
at The Courthouse, Mulgrave Street, Co Limerick
on Monday the 10th May 2021 

We are aware of fraudulent phone calls from persons identifying themselves as a Supreme Court officials, seeking personal information such as PPS numbers / bank account details.

It is intended that these sittings will proceed .However as has previously been the case, the County Registrar will deal with certain matters as set out below without the requirement of the parties

Further to the statement of the President of the Circuit Court and due to the current provisions of the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020, and in ant

Further to the previous statement of the President of the Circuit Court and due to the current provisions of the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A-Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020, an

Further to the statement of the President of the Circuit Court and due to the current provisions of the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020, and in ant

Notice No.2 - Easter Term 2021 Kerry Circuit Court.

Further to the statement of the President of the Circuit Court Published and due to the current provisions of the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020 a

Work in the Master’s Court will recommence with effect from 10^th May, 2021.  The attention of practitioners is drawn to HC: 106.

Due to unforeseen circumstances list scheduled in Letterkenny Circuit Court for the 30th of April 2021, due to take place remotely, will not go ahead, apologies for any inconvenience

The sitting of the County Registrar's Call Over for District Court Appeals scheduled for 11th May 2021 will now take place on the 10th May 2021 @ 10.30am via Virtual Court.

The Family court on 7 May will proceed.

Dear Colleagues

Further to the statement of the President of the Circuit Court and due to the current provisions of the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020, and in ant

Please note that the Jury sworn on Monday 26^th April, 2021 and requested to attend at Ennis Courthouse on Wednesday 28th April 2021 at 10.30am are no longer required.

27th April. Courts Service CEO, Angela Denning, launched our 3 year Innovation Strategy

In order to comply with the regulations in relation to Covid-19 please be advised of the following order of business for the Circuit Family Law Court scheduled for 11^th May to 20^th

Please be advised that on the 29th April 2021 at 2.00 pm The Honourable Ms Justice O'Hanlon will hold a VIRTUAL call-over of the Appeals to the High Court from the Circuit Court scheduled for 4

A new Practice Direction has been published regarding procedures in the Midland Circuit for setting Circuit Civil and Family cases down for hearing

The recent easing of restrictions on peoples movements announced by the Government has paved the way towards the reopening of the Personal Applications Section of the Dublin Probate Office.

Please be advised that the County Registrar will hold a VIRTUAL call-over of all Circuit Court Family Law matters awaiting hearing on the 14th day of June 2021 at 10.30a.m.

Please note for the List to Fix Dates on 26th, 27th and 28th April 2021 there will be no requirement for persons on bail to attend and anybody in custody will be dealt with by way of video link.

Please note that the Jury sworn on Monday 19th April, 2021
and requested to attend at Ennis Courthouse on Wednesday 21st April 2021 at 10.30am

Tullamore - Midland Circuit Court - Notice Re Jury Service 20th April 2021 

With virtual courtrooms in use now for over a year, the Courts Service would like to hear from all users of our virtual courtrooms to better understand what has worked well and what functionality o

There may be some intermittent downtime for this website between 11.30 - 12.30 today, due to software updates.

We aim to keep any disruption to a minimum.

The County Registrars Possession list scheduled for 27th April, 2021 is adjourned to a date to be fixed.

Please note that in accordance with the most recent direction of the President of the District Court dated the 6th of April 2021 and the direction of Judge Eirinn Mc Kiernan, all civil matt

Please note that in accordance with the most recent direction of the President of the District Court dated the 6th of April 2021 and the direction of Judge Eirinn Mc Kiernan, all civil matt

Just Access and efficiencies achieved during Covid Restrictions

The current turnaround time for processing papers lodged by post is five working days from receipt.

The Courts Service would like to confirm that an intermittant issue which impacted our remote court service provider's global Pexip platform on Monday 12 April 2021 has been rectified.

Following on from the remote call-over of adjourned January 2021 motions and in light of current restrictions, Dublin Circuit Family law Court will hold a further remote call-over of all remaining

Please note that all Circuit Court matters which were due to be listed at Athy Courthouse will now be listed at Naas Courthouse on  23rd April 2021 at 10.30am

Dublin Circuit Civil Court 22, 27 & Court 28 update for Easter Term

CIRCUIT COURT
SOUTH WESTERN CIRCUIT

Sittings of Kilrush Circuit Court will recommence sitting at Kilrush Courthouse with effect from 27 April, 2021.

Sittings of Kilrush District Court will recommence sitting at Kilrush Courthouse with effect from 13th April, 2021.

A new Practice Direction has been published to provide for applications to have cases in the Dublin Personal Injuries List heard on a remote platform.

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 Easter Term 2021:

Due to the continuation of the current Covid-19 level 5 restrictions, the advice from NPHET concerning the projected rate of infection in the community over the coming weeks and other relevant Covi

A call-over of the Circuit Court Civil list will take place at 10.30a.m. each morning in which the Judge will allocate time slots to cases for hearing.

Please Take note that as of the beginning of the Easter Term, the 12th of April 2021 the Circuit Civil Courts will recommence with the Listing of Judges Motions and Hearings on a staggered basis.

Sittings in District 17, Caherciveen, Daingean Uí Chúis, Kenmare, Killarney, Killorglin &Tralee will continue to sit in their designated venues until further notice.