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# Courts Service

All time
'Serious' criminal trials in Dublin being delayed due to ongoing rise of Covid-19 cases
5 Jul 2022
11.8k
Courts Service warns of phone scam using what appears to be one of its own numbers
3 Sep 2021
15.3k
13
Over €123,000 paid out incorrectly in 'on-call' allowances to Courts Service staff
19 Jul 2021
20.9k
6
Croke Park to host criminal trials during first three months of 2021
29 Dec 2020
33.4k
24
Almost 100,000 courts summonses delayed in Irish system following Covid-19 restrictions
10 Dec 2020
7.3k
3
Seamus Woulfe postpones meeting with Chief Justice 'for personal reasons'
5 Oct 2020
34.7k
43
Courts gearing up to expand sittings with new plans to deal with the 'growing backlog of cases'
11 Jul 2020
13.1k
7
Full court sittings set to resume tomorrow
21 May 2020
27.6k
17
Court sessions limited to two hours a day, due to 'additional' safety measures
20 May 2020
10.1k
10
Courts to increase number of video sittings to overcome Covid-19 restrictions
9 Apr 2020
15.9k
4
Courts introduce 'unprecedented' measures to better adhere to social distancing rules
25 Mar 2020
40.6k
22
Criminal Courts to 'further stagger' start times for cases after overcrowding outside courtroom
24 Mar 2020
9.8k
8
Covid-19: Irish courts to only hear 'urgent cases' in the coming weeks
13 Mar 2020
18.7k
10
Supreme Court sits with highest proportion of female judges on bench ever
16 Jan 2020
557
0
Drivers who don't pay fines shouldn't be able to renew motor tax, says Courts Service
2 Jan 2020
26.9k
69
'It's time we called out the insurance industry': Courts figures show drop in number of personal injury cases
8 Jul 2019
31.2k
56
Only journalists and lawyers to be allowed text and tweet in court says Ireland's top judge
17 Nov 2018
13.1k
21
Courts Service of Ireland reduces shares in Big Tobacco, but still holds €4.5m worth in stocks
29 Jul 2018
12.4k
19
Minister keen to give Smithfield family court complex the green light
22 Jul 2018
10.9k
1
Man who stole €76,000 in welfare payments while running a successful courier business avoids jail
10 Oct 2017
41.0k
41
Sharp increase in personal injury suits with almost 22,000 filed last year
26 Jul 2017
9.7k
32
Courts Service of Ireland still holds €6 million worth of shares in tobacco companies
3 Jul 2017
13.9k
20
Nearly €36 million in court fines unpaid in last four years
28 Nov 2016
6.5k
12
FactCheck: Are motor insurance claims and legal fees going up or down?
27 Nov 2016
22.6k
40
There has been a jump in divorce cases, with more women than men applying
12 Jul 2016
14.9k
103
Are Ireland's children in care subject to a "geographic lottery"?
1 Sep 2015
11.2k
22
Fewer people are being taken to court for drink driving offences
14 Jul 2015
7.8k
9
Calls for Portlaoise Courthouse to be moved after 'mass gurrier brawl'
13 Feb 2015
19.5k
57
The number of female judges has hit a record high
2 Dec 2014
15.9k
59
Court of Appeal sits for the first time, but they already have a 'ready-made backlog'
5 Nov 2014
13.3k
15
Judges claim €1.67 million in expenses - But who cost the most?
16 Oct 2014
19.6k
40
Swords, Balbriggan, Tallaght and Dún Laoghaire - You're keeping your courthouses
22 Sep 2014
8.0k
8
Justice Minister adds to calls for 'imaginative' solution to court backlogs
25 Jul 2014
4.9k
19
Courts 'poor box' to be scrapped in favour 'more transparent' reparations fund
4 Feb 2014
8.8k
23
Confused about separation or divorce? New videos aim to offer simple advice
4 Feb 2014
5.9k
12
Oxfam, Focus and Garda Trust all benefit from €2m 'Poor Box' fund
21 Jan 2014
5.3k
12
Child care applications up 15 per cent in 2012, wide variations between towns
16 Dec 2013
7.2k
9
Chief Justice: death of judge Kevin Feeney is a 'great loss to the State'
19 Aug 2013
6.2k
7
Courts Service hands keys of Kilmainham Courthouse over to OPW
29 Jul 2013
8.9k
11
Change in law sees almost 13,000 applications for safety and protection orders
9 Jul 2013
7.0k
21
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