Supreme Court of Ireland

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court of last resort supreme court

The Supreme Court of Ireland is the country's highest judicial authority, serving as the final court of appeal and the ultimate interpreter of the Irish Constitution.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Supreme Court under the Constitution of Ireland 1937	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
above	Court of Appeal (Ireland) NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court (Ireland) NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cúirt Uachtarach na hÉireann NERFINISHED ⓘ
apexCourtOf	Irish court system ⓘ
appealsGenerallyRequire	leave to appeal ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForJudges	President of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOf	judiciary of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
canHearAppealsFrom	Court of Appeal (Ireland) NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court (Ireland) NERFINISHED ⓘ
compositionDeterminedBy	Oireachtas NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionsAreBindingOn	all lower Irish courts ⓘ
established	1937 ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAppellateJurisdictionOver	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
hasOriginalJurisdictionOver	questions as to the validity of any law having regard to the Constitution of Ireland ⓘ references of bills by the President of Ireland under Article 26 of the Constitution ⓘ
hasPosition	Chief Justice of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPower	judicial review of executive actions ⓘ judicial review of legislation ⓘ
headOfCourt	Chief Justice of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hears	appeals on points of law ⓘ constitutional challenges ⓘ
interprets	Constitution of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
judicialAppointmentsOnAdviceOf	Government of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
leaveToAppealCriteria	interests of justice ⓘ matter of general public importance ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedInBuilding	Four Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Inns Quay NERFINISHED ⓘ River Liffey NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
maySitAs	constitutional court ⓘ
nativeName	Cúirt Uachtarach na hÉireann NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfJudges	9 ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.courts.ie/supreme-court ⓘ
oversees	development of Irish constitutional jurisprudence ⓘ
partOf	Courts of Ireland ⓘ
predecessor	Supreme Court of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	final court of appeal in Ireland ⓘ ultimate interpreter of the Constitution of Ireland ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief Justice of Ireland → memberOf → Supreme Court of Ireland ⓘ

Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Ireland ⓘ

Four Courts → houses → Supreme Court of Ireland ⓘ

Supreme Court of the Irish Free State → replacedBy → Supreme Court of Ireland ⓘ

Supreme Court of the Irish Free State → succeededBy → Supreme Court of Ireland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court under the Constitution of Ireland 1937