Government underfunding of the judiciary is hampering access to justice in Ireland.
Ireland has the lowest number of judges per head in the EU. The State does not provide sufficient resources for the education and training courses that are needed to keep up with changes in the law, in Irish society, or best practice in ‘judgecraft’ internationally.
ICCL, along with NUI Galway, University of Limerick, and the Irish Research Council have analysed the Judicial Council Act 2019. Here we report on the new Judicial Council.