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S.I. No. 359/2025 - District Court (Days and Hours) (August sittings) Amended Order 2025
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. This order may be cited as the District Court (Days and Hours) (August sittings) Amended Order 2025
2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1
st
of August 2025.
3. Sittings for the purposes of Article 5(b) of the District Court Areas (Amendment) Order 1970 (
S.I. No. 161 of 1970
) shall be held during the month of August in and for each District Court area referred to in column (2) of the table to this Order (in each case serving the relevant District Court district mentioned in column (1) of the table immediately opposite such reference). Where such sittings are not held on such days, and at such hours and at the place for the time being fixed for sittings of the District Court for the purpose of transacting the business of the District Court exercising its summary jurisdiction in such District Court area by the District Court (Areas) Order 1961 (
S.I. No. 5 of 1961
)(as amended)(the “Principal Order”), such sittings shall be held on such days, and at such hours referred to in column (3) of the table immediately opposite the District Court area referred to in column (2).
4. Business transacted in the District Court that is initiated and not completed before the commencement of the Order shall be continued and completed as if this Order had been in force at the time at which such business had been initiated.
TABLE
(1)
(2)
(3)
District Court District
District Court Area in that District in which August Sittings (summary jurisdiction) serving that District are held
Days and hours of sittings (where different from the place, days and hours prescribed by the Principal Order for that Area)
District No.1
Letterkenny
Glenties
Thursdays at 11 a.m.
First Friday at 10.30 a.m.
District No. 2
Sligo
Wednesdays at 11 a.m.
District No. 3
Ballina
1
st
and 2
nd
Wednesday at 11 a.m.
District No. 3
Castlebar
3
rd
and 4
th
Wednesday at 11 a.m.
District No. 4
Harristown
Friday at 11 a.m.
District No. 4
Loughrea
Friday at 11 a.m.
District No. 5
Cavan
1
st,
and 2
nd
Friday at 11 a.m.
District No. 5
Monaghan
3
rd
, 4
th
and 5
th
Friday at 11 a.m.
District No. 6
Dundalk
Wednesdays at 11 a.m.
District No. 7
Galway
Tuesdays at 11 a.m.
District No. 8
Nenagh
Fridays at 11 a.m.
District No. 9
Longford
Mondays at 11 a.m. (including the bank holiday)
District No. 10
Trim
Tuesdays at 11 a.m.
District No. 12
Ennis
1
st
Tuesday at 11 a.m.
2
nd
, 3
rd
and 4
th
Monday at 11 a.m.
District No. 13
Mulgrave Street
Wednesdays at 10.30 a.m.
District No. 15
Portlaoise
First Friday at 11 a.m.
1
st,
2
nd
, 3
rd
and 4
th
Thursday at 11 a.m.
District No. 16
Bray
Wednesdays at 10.30 a.m.
District No. 17
Tralee
Thursdays at 11 a.m.
District No. 18
Clonakilty
Thursdays at 10.30 a.m.
District No. 19
Anglesea Street
Mondays (except Bank Holiday), Wednesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m.
District No. 19
Washington Street
Mondays (except Bank Holiday), Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 p.m.
District No. 20
Mallow
Tuesdays at 10.30 a.m.
District No. 21
Clonmel
Tuesdays at 3 p.m.
District No. 22
Kilkenny
1
st
and 2
nd
Tuesday at 11 a.m.
District No. 22
Carlow
3
rd
and 4th Tuesday at 11 a.m.
District No. 23
Wexford
Wednesdays at 11 a.m.
District No. 24
Waterford
Tuesdays at 11 a.m.
District No. 25
Naas
Thursdays at 11 a.m.
GIVEN under the Seal of the Courts Service,
23 July, 2025.
PAUL KELLY,
Member of the Board of the Courts Service authorised to sign documents under the Seal of the Courts Service.
LISA SCOTT,
Officer of the Courts Service designated for the purpose of authenticating the Seal of the Courts Service, pursuant to
section 10
of the
Courts Service Act 1998
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
25
th July,
2025.
The Courts Service, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by
section 26
of the
Courts of Justice Act 1953
(No. 32 of 1953), as amended by
section 43
of the
Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961
(No. 39 of 1961),
section 16
of the
Courts Act 1971
(No. 36 of 1971) and
section 29
of the
Courts Service Act 1998
(No. 8 of 1998) and after consultation with the President of the District Court hereby orders as follows