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Dublin Metropolitan District

Checked 15 Oct 2026the Courts Service's sittings pages and offices index.

The District Court for Dublin. 13 courthouses, each with its own office; the courthouse named on your paper is the one to attend. Some details are awaiting confirmation with the offices.

The courthouses

  1. Dublin Metropolitan District areaCriminal Courts of Justice (Dublin District Court)CriminalOffice 01 798 8003
  2. Dublin Metropolitan District areaChancery Street Courthouse (the Bridewell)Criminal and family lawOffice 01 798 8003
  3. Dublin Metropolitan District areaDolphin House (Dublin District Family Law Court)Family lawOffice 01 888 6355
  4. Dublin Metropolitan District areaDublin Children Court, SmithfieldChildren CourtOffice 01 888 6751
  5. Dublin Metropolitan District areaCourt 8, Four Courts (Dublin District Civil Court)CivilOffice 01 888 6101
  6. Dublin Metropolitan District areaCourt 23, Áras Uí Dhálaigh (Dublin District Civil Court)Civil, licensing and small claimsOffice 01 888 6101
  7. Dublin Metropolitan District areaDún Laoghaire District CourtCriminal, civil, family law and licensingOffice 01 2800038
  8. Dublin Metropolitan District areaTallaght District CourtCriminal, civil, family law and licensingOffice 01 4145020
  9. Dublin Metropolitan District areaSwords District CourtCriminal, civil, family law and licensingOffice 087 747 0930
  10. Dublin Metropolitan District areaBalbriggan District CourtCriminal, civil, family law and licensingOffice 087 747 0930
  11. Dublin Metropolitan District areaCloverhill District CourtCriminalOffice 01 630 4912
  12. Dublin Metropolitan District areaBlanchardstown District CourtCriminal, civil, family law and licensingOffice 01 888 6480
  13. Dublin Metropolitan District areaGreen Street Courthouse (Dublin Drug Treatment Court)CriminalOffice 01 888 6267

Notices in this district

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Family law office

Dublin District Family Law Office, Dolphin House

01 888 6355 · districtfamilylaw@courts.ie · Mon-Fri 09:30-13:00 and 14:00-16:00

Safety, protection and barring orders, maintenance, guardianship, custody and access applications are made here, and heard in private.

The district’s sittings page on courts.ie · Adjournment and cancellation notices

Guides to the courts in this district

  1. Dolphin House: the Dublin District Family Law CourtDolphin House on East Essex Street is the Dublin District Court's family law venue: domestic violence, maintenance, guardianship, custody and access, heard in private. The office, forms, waits and support.
  2. The Criminal Courts of Justice: where the Dublin District Court hears criminal casesWhere the Dublin District Court hears criminal cases: the Criminal Courts of Justice on Parkgate Street, its office, the Bridewell and Cloverhill custody courts, the lists and what to do on arrival.
  3. The Dublin suburban District Courts: Blanchardstown, Tallaght, Swords, Balbriggan, Dún Laoghaire and BrayThe Dublin Metropolitan District's suburban courthouses, each with its office, hours and what sits there, plus Bray in District 16 for north Wicklow. Swords is temporarily sitting at Balbriggan.

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