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Radical reform of Irish Family Law Courts and Divorce on way

By: Keith Walsh Family Law and Divorce Solicitor
Posted on: 25-Feb-2025
Keith Walsh SC and solicitor is a family lawyer practising in Dublin, he is a former Chair of the Child and Family Law Committee of the Law Society and the author of Divorce and Judicial Separation Proceedings in the Circuit Court – A Guide to Order 59, and co-author with Sonya Dixon BL of Domestic Violence: Law and Practice in Ireland, both published by Bloomsbury Professional.

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Divorce Referendum in Ireland

By: Keith Walsh
Posted on: 22-Jan-2019
Keith was on Newstalk to discuss the new Divorce referendum in May 2019 with Pat Kenny. The referendum proposal is a reduction in waiting time for Divorce from 4 to 2 years. Currently married couples must be living 4 out of previous 5 years apart before they can start the Divorce procedure. In Keith's opinion, this is too long. Minister Josepha Madigan was very quick to get the ball rolling! 

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