The Circuit Court sits during four law terms each year: Hilary, Easter, Trinity, and Michaelmas. The information below sets out the confirmed sittings for each county in the South Western Circuit — covering Clare, Kerry, and Limerick — for 2025.
Clare Circuit Court sittings – 2025
Law terms: Hilary: 13 January – 11 April; Easter: 28 April – 5 June; Trinity: 18 June – 31 July; Michaelmas: 6 October – 19 December.
Ennis – Civil sittings
- 21 January (1 week)
- 11 March (1 week)
- 25 March (1 week)
- 8 April (1 week)
- 7 October (2 days)
- 18 November (1 week)
- 18 December (2 days)
Ennis – Civil sittings (sitting at Kilrush)
- 30 June (2 weeks)
- 2 December (1 week)
Ennis – Family sittings
- 28 January (1 week)
- 18 March (1 week)
- 1 April (1 week)
- 27 May (1 week)
- 18 June (1½ weeks)
- 9 October (2 days)
- 18 November (1 week)
- 9 December (1 week)
- 16 December (2 days)
Ennis – Family sittings (sitting at Kilrush)
- 14 January (1 week)
- 3 June (1 week)
Ennis – Criminal sittings
- 4 February (4 weeks)
- 4 March (1 week)
- 29 April (4 weeks)
- 15 July (3 weeks)
- 14 October (5 weeks)
High Court appeals (sitting at Ennis)
- 13 May (1 week)
- 30 June (2 weeks)
Kilrush sittings
- 14 January (1 week)
- 3 June (1 week)
- 1 July (2 weeks)
- 2 December (1 week)
Kerry Circuit Court sittings – 2025
Law terms: Hilary: 13 January – 11 April; Easter: 28 April – 5 June; Trinity: 18 June – 31 July; Michaelmas: 6 October – 19 December.
Tralee and Killarney – Civil and Family sittings
- 14 January (4 weeks)
- 24 March (3 weeks)
- 28 April (1 week)
- 3 June (1 week)
- 18 June (1 week)
- 22 July (2 weeks)
- 7 October (4 weeks)
- 9 December (2 weeks)
Tralee – Scheduled sittings
- 14 January – Criminal callover, licensing, motions, District Court appeals
- 6 May – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals
- 29 July – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals
- 7 October – Criminal callover, licensing, motions, District Court appeals
Tralee – Criminal sittings
- 10 February (5 weeks)
- 18 March – District Court appeals (1 week)
- 6 May (4 weeks)
- 23 June (4 weeks)
- 3 November (5 weeks)
Killarney – Scheduled sittings
- 6 February – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 1 May – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 22 July – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 11 December – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
Listowel – Scheduled sittings
- 4 February – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 29 April – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 24 July – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 9 December – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
Limerick Circuit Court sittings – 2025
Law terms: Hilary: 13 January – 11 April; Easter: 28 April – 5 June; Trinity: 18 June – 31 July; Michaelmas: 6 October – 19 December.
Limerick – Civil and Family sittings (Merchants Quay)
- All weeks during term, except 10 February – 21 February
- All weeks during term, except 28 April – 9 May
- All weeks during Trinity term
- All weeks during term, except 10 November – 20 November
Limerick – Criminal sittings (Mulgrave Street)
- All weeks during Hilary term
- All weeks during Easter term
- All weeks during Trinity term
- All weeks during Michaelmas term
Newcastle West – District Court appeal sittings
- 12 February
- 14 May
- 23 July
- 26 November
