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Unavailability of District Court 'Lists'

  • 21-03-2017 10:41pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 630 ✭✭✭


    The Courts website is very helpful in allowing people to view 'Lists' of cases due to come before various courts but doesn't contain any Lists of cases scheduled to come before the District Courts.
    District Courts compile their own lists way in advance of the scheduled sittings and these lists are available to the Gardai and probably solicitors, probation officers and the media too. The general public apparently don't have access to the District Court Lists and I for one don't know why. Its hardly privileged information and there shouldn't be any concerns of a security nature.
    Is there anything practical or otherwise preventing the publication of District Court Lists on the Courts website? District Court Clerks could easily copy and paste an entire list onto the website literally in moments so cost shouldn't be an issue. Confidentiality shouldn't be an issue either.
    If I'm wrong about the Lists not being available to the general public then I'd be very grateful for any information to the contrary.

    Also, I'd appreciate information/guidance/advice as to how I can gain access to such Lists in future.


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  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,556 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    Money and inertia. Someone has to coordinate all the district courts on a central computerised system and then populate that information onto a website.


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