Criminal justice system ie

Being involved in the criminal justice system can be stressful for many victims and witnesses.
This section of our website is dedicated to victims and witnesses and tries to answer the question that people ask us most often.

In criminal cases the Circuit Criminal Court operates in place of the Circuit Court, and the Central Criminal Court and the Special Criminal Court operate in place of the High Court.
Articles 34 to 37 of the Irish Constitution deal with the administration of justice in general and outline the structure of the court system.

Though courts can have jurisdiction over both civil and criminal matters, the Special Criminal Court only deals with criminal cases.
This court was set-up to hear cases about paramilitary, subversive and organised crimes, but much of its workload now involves organised crime cases.