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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland">Amendments</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Presidency</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a></b></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_D._Higgins" title="Michael D. Higgins">Michael D. Higgins</a></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Council of State (Ireland)">Council of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Commission_(Ireland)" title="Presidential Commission (Ireland)">Presidential Commission</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_33rd_D%C3%A1il" title="Government of the 33rd Dáil">Cabinet</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Simon_Harris" title="Simon Harris">Simon Harris</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A1naiste" title="Tánaiste">Tánaiste</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Miche%C3%A1l_Martin" title="Micheál Martin">Micheál Martin</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Department of State (Ireland)">Departments of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_service_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Public service of the Republic of Ireland">Public Service</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Civil Service of the Republic of Ireland">Civil Service</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/State_Agencies_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="State Agencies of the Republic of Ireland">State Agencies</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Ireland" title="Attorney General of Ireland">Attorney General</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Rossa_Fanning" title="Rossa Fanning">Rossa Fanning</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a>: <a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Feargha%C3%ADl" title="Seán Ó Fearghaíl">Seán Ó Fearghaíl</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Cathaoirleach" title="Cathaoirleach">Cathaoirleach</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buttimer" title="Jerry Buttimer">Jerry Buttimer</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in_Front_Bench" title="Sinn Féin Front Bench">Opposition</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Ireland)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Ireland)">Leader</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_McDonald" title="Mary Lou McDonald">Mary Lou McDonald</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Oireachtas" title="Committees of the Oireachtas">Committees</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Courts of the Republic of Ireland">Courts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Ireland" title="Supreme Court of Ireland">Supreme Court</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Ireland" title="Chief Justice of Ireland">Chief Justice</a>: <a href="/wiki/Donal_O%27Donnell" title="Donal O'Donnell">Donal O'Donnell</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_(Ireland)" title="Court of Appeal (Ireland)">Court of Appeal</a> <dl><dd>President: <a href="/wiki/George_Birmingham" title="George Birmingham">George Birmingham</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)" title="High Court (Ireland)">High Court</a> <dl><dd>President: <a href="/wiki/David_Barniville" title="David Barniville">David Barniville</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Criminal_Court" title="Special Criminal Court">Special Criminal Court</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Circuit Court</a> <dl><dd>President: <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ryan_(judge)" title="Patricia Ryan (judge)">Patricia Ryan</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_Court_(Ireland)" title="District Court (Ireland)">District Court</a> <dl><dd>President: <a href="/wiki/District_Court_(Ireland)#President_of_District_Court" title="District Court (Ireland)">Paul Kelly</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" 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Ireland">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2019 European Parliament election in Ireland">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2024 European Parliament election in Ireland">2024</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Administrative geography</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">Local government</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a 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title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">An Chúirt Chuarda</i>) of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> is an intermediate level court of local and limited jurisdiction which hears both civil and criminal matters. On the criminal side the Circuit Court hears criminal matters tried on indictment with a judge and jury, except for certain serious crimes which are tried in either the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)" title="High Court (Ireland)">Central Criminal Court</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Special_Criminal_Court" title="Special Criminal Court">Special Criminal Court</a>. On the civil side the Circuit Court has a considerable parallel jurisdiction — including equitable remedies — with the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)" title="High Court (Ireland)">High Court</a> but normally cannot award damages of more than €75,000. The Circuit Court also hears <i><a href="/wiki/De_novo_review" class="mw-redirect" title="De novo review">de novo</a></i> appeals from the <a href="/wiki/District_Court_(Ireland)" title="District Court (Ireland)">District Court</a> in both civil and criminal matters. </p><p>The Circuit Court consists of a President and thirty-seven ordinary judges and six specialist judges. It is composed of eight circuits, each of which cover an <i>ad hoc</i> region of the state. One judge is assigned to each circuit except in Dublin where ten judges may be assigned, and Cork, where there is provision for three judges. The President of the District Court is an <i><a href="/wiki/Ex_officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a></i> member of the Circuit Court. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Circuit_Court_(Ireland)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was first established as the <i>Circuit Court of Justice</i> under the <a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Justice_Act_1924" title="Courts of Justice Act 1924">Courts of Justice Act 1924</a> and replaced the County Court on the civil side, and <a href="/wiki/Quarter_session" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarter session">quarter sessions</a> and recorder's courts on the criminal side, as well as some of the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Assizes_(Ireland)" title="Assizes (Ireland)">assizes</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jurisdiction">Jurisdiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Circuit_Court_(Ireland)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Jurisdiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cork_courthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cork_courthouse.jpg/300px-Cork_courthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cork_courthouse.jpg/450px-Cork_courthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cork_courthouse.jpg/600px-Cork_courthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>The courthouse on <a href="/wiki/Washington_Street_(Cork)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Street (Cork)">Washington Street</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a>, home of the Cork Circuit Court</figcaption></figure> <p>The Irish constitution permits the creation of courts of "local and limited jurisdiction". The local nature of the Circuit Court exists in the manner in which each circuit of the court only has jurisdiction to consider matters arising within its assigned county or counties. And the limited nature occurs in the manner in which it can only adjudicate over matters which are expressly indicated to be within its jurisdiction by statute. </p><p>This having been said a considerable number of powers are conferred on the Circuit Court by statute, which as a result frequently has parallel jurisdiction with the High Court. Probably the most significant difference between the Circuit Court and the High Court is that the Circuit Court has no jurisdiction to question the constitutionality of any statute or even to hear arguments to that effect, a matter which the Irish Constitution reserves solely to the High Court, the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_(Ireland)" title="Court of Appeal (Ireland)">Court of Appeal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court (Ireland)">Supreme Court</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil">Civil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Circuit_Court_(Ireland)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Civil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The civil jurisdiction of the Circuit Court is limited to a compensation claim not exceeding €75,000 (€60,000 if a claim for damages for personal injuries) and for actions involving real property with a market value of less than €3 million, although the parties in a legal action can agree to lifting these limits by agreeing to unlimited jurisdiction. <a href="/wiki/Divorce" title="Divorce">Divorce</a> and <a href="/wiki/Judicial_separation" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial separation">judicial separation</a>, and contentious probate cases can also be heard provided that the value of any real property in a settlement is within the jurisdiction of the court. Unlike the <a href="/wiki/District_Court_(Ireland)" title="District Court (Ireland)">District Court</a> and in common with the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)" title="High Court (Ireland)">High Court</a>, the Circuit Court has <a href="/wiki/Equitable_remedy" title="Equitable remedy">equitable jurisdiction</a> in relation to claims involving land, but matters in which injunctions and declarations are sought not involving land must be brought in the High Court. </p><p>Civil matters heard in the Circuit Court can be appealed to the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)" title="High Court (Ireland)">High Court</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criminal">Criminal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Circuit_Court_(Ireland)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Criminal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The court tries all indictable offences (i.e. those triable by a judge and jury) with the exception of certain offences (murder, aggravated murder, treason, rape, piracy and genocide) that are reserved for the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)" title="High Court (Ireland)">Central Criminal Court</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Offences_against_the_State_Act_1939" class="mw-redirect" title="Offences against the State Act 1939">Terrorist offences</a> and offences with an <a href="/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">organised crime</a> element can be heard by the non-jury <a href="/wiki/Special_Criminal_Court" title="Special Criminal Court">Special Criminal Court</a>. </p><p>Decisions of the Circuit Court in criminal matters can be appealed to the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal_(Ireland)" title="Court of Criminal Appeal (Ireland)">Court of Appeal</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family_law">Family law</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Circuit_Court_(Ireland)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Family law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Circuit_Family_Court"></span> Under the Family Law Act 1995, the Circuit Court, under the name <b>Circuit Family Court</b>, shares with the High Court original jurisdiction for <a href="/wiki/Family_law" title="Family law">family law</a> cases.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Rules_of_court" class="mw-redirect" title="Rules of court">rules of court</a> for such cases are different,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and reporting of them is more restricted. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appellate">Appellate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Circuit_Court_(Ireland)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Appellate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The court hears <i>de novo</i> appeals from the District Court. When hearing appeals Circuit Court judges have the same powers as a District Court judge and so cannot give higher sentences or award more damages than a District Court judge could do. </p><p>The Circuit Court further can hear appeals from various statutory bodies including the Employment Appeals Tribunal, the Appeal Commissioners of Income Tax and the Mental Health Tribunal. The Circuit Court when hearing such an appeal can make any order the statutory tribunal could have made at first instance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="President_of_Circuit_Court">President of Circuit Court</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Circuit_Court_(Ireland)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: President of Circuit Court"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The office of the President of the Circuit Court was established under the Courts of Justice Act 1947. The current president is <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ryan_(judge)" title="Patricia Ryan (judge)">Patricia Ryan</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Term of office </th></tr> <tr> <td>George William Shannon </td> <td>1947–1959 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barra Ó Briain </td> <td>1959–1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Charles Conroy </td> <td>1973–1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John James Durcan </td> <td>1975–1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thomas Joseph Neylon </td> <td>1977–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thomas Francis Roe </td> <td>1986–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Peter O'Malley </td> <td>1990–1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Francis Robert Spain </td> <td>1991–1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Diarmuid Sheridan </td> <td>1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Esmond Smyth </td> <td>1998–2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Matthew Deery </td> <td>2005–2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Groarke" title="Raymond Groarke">Raymond Groarke</a> </td> <td>2012–2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ryan_(judge)" title="Patricia Ryan (judge)">Patricia Ryan</a> </td> <td>2019–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Circuits">Circuits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Circuit_Court_(Ireland)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Circuits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Circuit</th> <th>County </th></tr> <tr> <td>Dublin Circuit </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">Dublin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cork Circuit </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">Cork</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">Northern Circuit </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Leitrim" title="County Leitrim">Leitrim</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">Donegal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Cavan" title="County Cavan">Cavan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Monaghan" title="County Monaghan">Monaghan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">Midland Circuit </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Laois" title="County Laois">Laois</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Roscommon" title="County Roscommon">Roscommon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Longford" title="County Longford">Longford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo">Sligo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Offaly" title="County Offaly">Offaly</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Westmeath" title="County Westmeath">Westmeath</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">Eastern Circuit </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">Louth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Wicklow" title="County Wicklow">Wicklow</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">Kildare</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">South Western Circuit </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Limerick" title="County Limerick">Limerick</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">Kerry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">Clare</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">South Eastern Circuit </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Carlow" title="County Carlow">Carlow</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Tipperary" title="County Tipperary">Tipperary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kilkenny" title="County Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Waterford" title="County Waterford">Waterford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Wexford" title="County Wexford">Wexford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Western Circuit </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">Galway</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">Mayo</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Circuit_Court_(Ireland)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Irish+Statute+Book&rft.atitle=Family+Law+Act%2C+1995%2C+Section+38&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishstatutebook.ie%2Feli%2F1995%2Fact%2F26%2Fsection%2F38%2Fenacted%2Fen%2Fhtml%23sec38&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACircuit+Court+%28Ireland%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/si/84/made/en/print">"S.I. No. 84/1997 - Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) of 1997 (Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act, 1989 and Family Law Act, 1995 and Family Law (Divorce) Act, 1996)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Statute_Book" title="Irish Statute Book">Irish Statute Book</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170116003710/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/si/84/made/en/print">Archived</a> from the original on 16 January 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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