# courts-service - Tuesday 29 December, 2020
# Sods Law
# Sods Law
Trials will be held in conference facilities at the GAA venue from mid-January.
# courts-service - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Courts
# Courts
95,000 summonses are currently backlogged in the system.
# courts-service - Monday 5 October, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
The two judges were set to meet to discuss the ongoing fallout over the Golfgate dinner.
# courts-service - Saturday 11 July, 2020
# Justice
# Justice
Chief Justice Frank Clarke said detailed planning is set to progress cases of all types to be heard from late August and through September.
# courts-service - Thursday 21 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
It was announced yesterday that sittings would only be two hours long, but on foot of new advice that is set to change.
# courts-service - Wednesday 20 May, 2020
# Courts Service
# Courts Service
The Courts Service were “unaware” until yesterday that the issue was discussed in the Dáil.
# courts-service - Thursday 9 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Hearings have been scaled back in recent weeks following the introduction of physical distancing guidelines.
# courts-service - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The Courts Service said that the measures aim to “promote health, yet maintain rights.”
# courts-service - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
# Courts Service
# Courts Service
The move comes after legal professionals expressed concern about overcrowding at the Criminal Courts of Justice yesterday.
# courts-service - Friday 13 March, 2020
# Courts Service
# Courts Service
The decision was made to avoid the “over concentration of people in one room or place”.
# courts-service - Thursday 16 January, 2020
# History Made
# History Made
The Courts Service said the presence of females on the bench has increased greatly in Ireland over the past 25 years.
# courts-service - Thursday 2 January, 2020
# Unpaid Fines
# Unpaid Fines
The Courts Service has called for the further reform of the court fines system.
# courts-service - Monday 8 July, 2019
# Premiums
# Premiums
Awards in medical negligence cases in the High Court were also down last year.
# courts-service - Saturday 17 November, 2018
# Put The Phone Away
# Put The Phone Away
Justice Frank Clarke says the direction is about ensuring fair trials.
# courts-service - Sunday 29 July, 2018
# Divestment
# Divestment
Critics state the Courts Service s continued investment in the tobacco industry flies in the face of the government’s Tobacco Free Ireland vision.
# courts-service - Sunday 22 July, 2018
# Hammond Street
# Hammond Street
The integrated court complex has been hampered in delays for years.
# courts-service - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
# Welfare Fraud
# Welfare Fraud
46-year-old Richard Burbridge committed the offences while operating a courier contract for the Courts Service .
# courts-service - Wednesday 26 July, 2017
# Courts
# Courts
The biggest award given in the courts last year was €9 million.
# courts-service - Monday 3 July, 2017
# Ethical Investment
# Ethical Investment
The Charities Regulator sold off its shares this year.
# courts-service - Monday 28 November, 2016
# IOU
# IOU
6,616 people have been committed to prison thus far in 2016 for non-payment of fines.
# courts-service - Sunday 27 November, 2016
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Using previously unpublished data, FactCheck steps in to referee a heated dispute between the Law Society and the insurance industry.
# courts-service - Tuesday 12 July, 2016
# Courts Service
# Courts Service
Meanwhile, the District Court dealt with 12,000 drugs offences and 30,000 public order offences in 2015.
# courts-service - Tuesday 1 September, 2015
# Wild Variation
# Wild Variation
That’s what the Child Care Law Reporting Project is asking.
# courts-service - Tuesday 14 July, 2015
# Dangerous Driving
# Dangerous Driving
62% of the cases that appear before the District Court relate to road traffic offences, which is little change from the year previous.
# courts-service - Friday 13 February, 2015
# Trouble Brewing
# Trouble Brewing
“Up to 60 people were involved in a wholesale chaotic brawl, fisticuffs and dangerous scenes of violence.”
# courts-service - Tuesday 2 December, 2014
# Lady Justice
# Lady Justice
Exactly one third of judges in the country are women.
# courts-service - Wednesday 5 November, 2014
# Day One
# Day One
The President of the Court said it is their goal to keep up to date with current appeals as far as reasonably possible.
# courts-service - Thursday 16 October, 2014
# Legal Costs
# Legal Costs
One judge cost the state €45,222 in expenses.
# courts-service - Monday 22 September, 2014
# Justice
# Justice
A plan to close them has been shelved.
# courts-service - Friday 25 July, 2014
# Traffic Jam
# Traffic Jam
Road tax penalties, debt collectors, tax credit cuts have all been floated to deal with traffic fines.
# courts-service - Tuesday 4 February, 2014
# Charities
# Charities
The poor box has been in existence since before the foundation of the State.
# Family Law
# Family Law
The videos, by the Ombudsman for Children and the Courts Service , offer advice on the workings of a family law court and the process of a separation.
# courts-service - Tuesday 21 January, 2014
# Courts Service
# Courts Service
The ‘Poor Box’ option can be used by judges for a variety of reasons, including cases where a conviction might be inappropriate or adversely affect employment.
# courts-service - Monday 16 December, 2013
# FLAC
# FLAC
The figures are contained in the latest volume of the Child Care Law Reporting Project, which also details several high-profile cases.
# courts-service - Monday 19 August, 2013
# RIP
# RIP
The 61-year-old will be laid to rest this afternoon.
# courts-service - Monday 29 July, 2013
# Kilmainham
# Kilmainham
The courthouse is expected to expand visitor numbers to Kilmainham Gaol.
# courts-service - Tuesday 9 July, 2013
# Domestic Violence
# Domestic Violence
The figures for 2012 were laid out in today’s Annual Report from the Courts Service .
# courts-service - Monday 8 July, 2013
# News Fix
# News Fix
The 17 things we learned today…
# Boom And Bust
# Boom And Bust
Chief Justice Susan Denham said today that a “trail of devastation winds its way into our courts daily”.
# Annual Report
# Annual Report
The vast majority of cases heard in Irish courts were related to road-traffic offences.
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