Jury duty

cj maxx

I got called for jury duty. I don’t mind doing it but i was called to show up in the republic. Im currently living in the north . If I attend the date on the letter , will i be be told that as I’m living outside the jurisdiction I won’t be eligible ?

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058314364/jury-duty

You reply to the effect that you no longer reside here. You need to get yourself off the electoral register if no longer resident.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121126784#Comment_121126784

did it online . Thanks

im not on the electoral register . I am on the register in NI as I voted in the Stormont elections

blade1

Jury Duty eh 🙄

Where the government contact you and tell you forget about your job and everything else, there's a been a crime and we need you and 11 other saps to solve it. 😁

cj maxx

I wouldn’t mind doing it . I’m surprised i got called again , as i was called years ago and turned up . The case didn’t go ahead but I thought the court absolved us from further duty

ULEZ23

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121126842#Comment_121126842

Ahh that’s not how it works

and if you were trying to be funny, sorry to tell you but you failed

magicbastarder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127114#Comment_121127114

usually you're excused for a certain period, 5 or ten years maybe. i suspect it's only a really harrowing or exceptionally long case which would get you excused for life.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127158#Comment_121127158

Oh , I thought you were absolved for life.

tayto lover

How could you even be called as you're not on the register of Electors?

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127182#Comment_121127182

Don’t know . I farm in the south, but that’s it . I haven’t lived i the south for 11 years

tayto lover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127192#Comment_121127192

That's very strange.

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127192#Comment_121127192

I don't think you actually get removed unless you tell the council to remove you

You can check the register online to see if you're still on it (presumably you are given the jury summons)

gipi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127158#Comment_121127158

I think you're only excused for a period of time if it's been a serious or harrowing case.

Otherwise your name goes back in the pot and you can be called again.

OP, you must still be on the register of electors at the address the jury summons was sent to. Contact the local Co Council to have your name removed.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127197#Comment_121127197

The only thing I can think of is I’m paying tax and claiming SFP , and my address for that is in the south . But everything else , licence car etc is in NI

ohnonotgmail

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128221#Comment_121128221

so you are paying tax and claiming a benefit (presuming SFP is single family payment) here but you live in the north? odd.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128229#Comment_121128229

I live 2 miles away from the farm , across the border . Parts of the farm are maybe 3/4 of a mile from the border

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128229#Comment_121128229

Single FARM payment

Tweeter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127158#Comment_121127158

I did it last year and got called for a case. On the second day the case was postponed to a future date and the judge thanked us for our service. We were told that we'd be excused from future jury duty for 3 years. So you are informed if you'll be getting a temporary exemption

Del2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128221#Comment_121128221

None of them get you called for jury duty. It's purely from the register of electors, you don't get removed from it unless you tell them.

Check the register to see if you are on it

https://www.checktheregister.ie/en-IE/

You need to contact the court on the summons to see if you can attend or if living outside the country means you aren't eligible.

ohnonotgmail

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128257#Comment_121128257

that makes more sense :)

Mellor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128221#Comment_121128221

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127192#Comment_121127192

Nothing there means that you are not still on the register. Which is still the most likely reason that you were called. The registers are not updated much

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128294#Comment_121128294

I must check it out. I assumed once I was on the register in the North I would be taken off it in Ireland. Obviously mistakenly.

Anyway I always went by the slogan . Vote early and vote ofuen :)

Peregrinus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128309#Comment_121128309

Local authorities in the Republic have no idea who is or is not on the register in the North, and vice versa. The two registers are maintained separately.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128367#Comment_121128367

Is it the co. Co. Who are the relevant authorities. I tried online but I think they will contact me

Peregrinus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128377#Comment_121128377

You can't do this by phone or online; this is to prevent people maliciously cancelling the registration of others. You need to write to the local authority concerned (by post or by email) giving details of your registration, saying that you no longer reside in the state, and asking them to remove your registration. They'll write back to you and confirm that you are going to be removed from the register. (This is the check that would alert you if you were being removed maliciously.)

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128387#Comment_121128387

This is the reply I got

You have submitted a Jury Service exemption request. You may receive a notification when we have assessed your application.

dickdasr1234

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128229#Comment_121128229

Clouseau strikes again!

Mellor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128309#Comment_121128309

Definitely not. I've been on there. You could be in any part of the world. It's not up to the council to keep tabs on you.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121134686#Comment_121134686

It was a RoI , but it’s since all sorted

Markus Antonius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127142#Comment_121127142

It absolutely is how it works. A circus of wig-wearing clowns expecting people to drop everything and jump through hoops for a few weeks. Was glad my employers treated it with the contempt it deserved and sent a letter to say I wasn't available