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Judges raised security concerns before assault on judge
- District Court
- December 15, 2015, 01:00
Judges at Dublin District Family Court had raised concerns about security before the assault on a judge last week. Garda authorities, who have respo(...)

Temporary Cork family law courts found ‘unacceptable’
- District Court
- November 26, 2015, 01:00
A survey of family lawyers in Cork has found temporary courts accommodation, provided during redevelopment, is “extremely unacceptable”. The majority (...)

Big regional variations in childcare orders sought
- Social Affairs
- September 1, 2015, 01:00
There are major variations in the number of childcare orders being sought in the courts in different parts of the country, latest figures show. The f(...)

Over €2m in poor box payments last year through court fines
- Crime & Law
- August 11, 2015, 01:00
Charities and individuals received over €2 million from court poor boxes last year, the Courts Service figures show. Judges around the country direct(...)

Supreme Court transferred 1,355 cases to Court of Appeal since November 2014
- Crime & Law
- July 14, 2015, 01:00
Some 1,355 cases were transferred from the Supreme Court to the Court of Appeal when it was established in 2014, figures from the Courts Service show.(...)

Dramatic rise in self-adjudicated bankruptcy
- Crime & Law
- July 13, 2015, 19:06
There was a dramatic increase last year in the number of people applying to make themselves bankrupt and a 200 per cent increase in repossessions, n(...)

Rise of 550% in number of people made bankrupt last year
- District Court
- July 13, 2015, 13:00
There was a dramatic increase last year in the number of people applying to make themselves bankrupt, figures from the Courts Service show. Some 448 p(...)

Shortage of court registrars will delay cases, top judge warns
- High Court
- April 22, 2015, 20:11
Serious delays in dealing with court cases will result from a continuing shortage of registrars, High Court president Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns has s(...)

Donohoe wants increase in road traffic enforcement
- Environment
- January 12, 2015, 01:00
Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe says he is unhappy with the current level of road traffic policing and wants the strength of the Garda Traffic (...)

Women judges claim half expenses of male counterparts
- Crime & Law
- January 1, 2015, 01:00
Women judges across all courts claimed on average half the expenses of their male counterparts between 2008 and 2013, according to recent figures.Mal(...)