Practitioners are hereby advised of the following arrangements during Easter Vacation 2026.
1. Urgent Sittings over Easter Vacation - Court 6 Four Courts
Contact – [email protected]
or 01 8886000
A High Court Judge will be available every day throughout the Vacation to hear urgent applications only. All sittings before the vacation Judge will take place Monday to Friday in Court 6 in the Four Courts at 11.00 am unless otherwise advised by the High Court Duty Registrar.
In the case of any such matter please email [email protected] or call the Four Courts at 01-8886000 to make arrangements with the High Court Duty Registrar. Applications will NOT be listed before the Vacation Judge certification from the High Court Duty Registrar that the matter is urgent. Please state in your email an explanation of the urgency.
2. Bail Sittings over Easter Vacation – Cloverhill Courthouse
Contact – [email protected]
In addition to the foregoing, the High Court Bail List will sit in Cloverhill Courthouse on the following dates over the Easter Vacation period.
- Tuesday 31March 2026
- Wednesday 1April 2026
- Thursday 2 April 2026
- Tuesday 7 April 2026
- Wednesday 8 April 2026
- Thursday 9 April 2026
3. Extradition Sittings over Easter Vacation – Court 11 CCJ, Parkgate Street
Contact – [email protected]
In addition to the foregoing, the Extradition Vacation List will sit in the Criminal Courts of Justice on the following dates over the Vacation period to deal with URGENT Extradition matters only.
- Wednesday 1 April 2026
- Tuesday 7 April 2026
These sittings are to facilitate URGENT applications only and matters that were adjourned specifically to this date on a previous occasion to facilitate, inter alia, statutory time limits.
In the case of any matter that was not previously listed, please contact the Extradition mailbox to make arrangements with the Extradition Duty Registrar should a listing be required on the two dates above only. Applications will not be listed before the vacation sitting of the Extradition list without certification from the Extradition Duty Registrar that the matter is sufficiently urgent.
4. Central Office of the High Court Opening Hours
In accordance with Order 118 Rule 4 RSC the Central Office will close at 4.30pm on Thursday 2 April 2026 and will remain closed on Good Friday, Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday. It will reopen at 10am on Wednesday 8 April 2026 and will be open as usual at all other times during the Easter Vacation.
The Central Office is open for business by appointment by using the online appointment system https://www.courts.ie/appointments. For urgent matters, where it is not possible to book online, please email [email protected] to make an appointment.
5.List Room Opening Hours
The List Room will close at 4.30 pm on Friday 27 March 2026 and will reopen at 10am on Wednesday 8 April 2026.
6. Legal Diary
The Legal Diary will be published on the Courts Service website (www.courts.ie) on each day on which the Central Office is open during the Easter Vacation (Monday 30 March, Tuesday 31 March, Wednesday 1 April, Thursday 2 April, Wednesday 8 April, Thursday 9 April, Friday 10 April).
Kim Duffy
Principal Registrar
26 March 2026
