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Umbrella group for organisations that share an interest in Irish genealogical
research. Aims: provide a forum for voluntary organisations involved in
genealogical research in Ireland; encourage preservation of and fullest public
access to genealogical material; liaise with the various relevant state and
semi-state bodies; promote public accessibility and quality of the records
provided. It does not provide a research service and cannot handle individual
genealogical queries.
Publications: Exploring Irish Genealogy; Irish Civil Registration – Where Do I
Start; Irish Methodists – Where Do I Start.
Courts Service, The
15–24 Phoenix Street North, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 888 6000 Fax: (01) 873 5242 Web: www.courts.ie
The Courts Service Act 1998 provided for the establishment of an independent
Courts Service with a unified organisation and structure to manage the courts.
Functions: manages the courts; provides support services for the judges;
provides information on the courts system to the public; provides, manages
and maintains court buildings; provides facilities for users of the courts. The
Legal Diary, court sittings and venues, contact names and numbers for all
offices of the Courts Service are available on the Courts Service website. A
number of other publications serve to explain the operation of the courts
system in Ireland and the developments taking place in the Courts Service.
Publications: Range includes Strategic Plans, annual reports, Family Law
Matters, Explaining the Courts, Courts Service News and Courthouse brochures.
Cradle Ireland
14 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 679 5242, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 679 5241
Email: post@cradle.ie Website: www.cradle.ie
Works with children and community development programmes in Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and Thailand. Cradle is apolitical and
provides aid to children without regard to their religion, ethnic background
or nationality. Our focus is on child-based programmes such as school
rebuilding, house building and student support projects. Also runs a children
support programme.
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