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There is a light that never goes out - in great company advocating for Reform of Civil Legal Aid on Tuesday 3pm before the Joint Oireachtas (Parliamentary) Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration - Ms. Sarah Benson, CEO, Women's Aid - Seán Guerin SC, Chair of the Council, The Bar of Ireland - Ms. Cliona Cleary BL, Chair of the Civil State Bar Committee, The Bar of Ireland - Ms. Eilis Barry, Chief Executive, Free Legal Advice Centres - Mr. Christopher Bowes, Policy & Public Affairs Manager, Free Legal Advice Centres - Ms. Joan Crawford, Chief Executive Officer, Legal Aid Board - Ms. Emily Sherlock, Director of Internal Service Delivery (Civil), Legal Aid Board - Mr. Keith Walsh S.C., Member of the Family and Child Law Committee, Law Society of Ireland - Dr. Brian Hunt, Director of Policy at the Law Society of Ireland, Law Society of Ireland Private Session 17 Feb 2026, 15:00, CR1, LH 2000

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.

ARTICLE ON NEW civil court orders to protect for victims of stalking and unwelcome conduct introduced CIVIL RESTRAINT ORDERS as published in Law Society of Ireland Gazette in October 2024 p34-37 by Keith Walsh Solicitor, SC 

ARTICLE ON NEW civil court orders to protect for victims of stalking and unwelcome conduct introduced CIVIL RESTRAINT ORDERS as published in Law Society of Ireland Gazette in October 2024 p34-37 by Keith Walsh Solicitor, SC 

Significant increase in big money Divorce and Judicial Separation cases in the High Court year on year and doubling of these cases in past 5 years

Keith Walsh Solicitor writes: 

Keith Walsh Solicitor writes: 

Where children should live and the issue of child abduction or child relocation whether internationally or even within the same country can often cause problems for parents and children which end up in the Courts. In this article we look at the latest caselaw from the High Court in Ireland regarding Child Abduction, Child Relocation and summary return. 

Family Courts Bill published December 2022