Courts plan will carry out more law online

Court office queues are to shorten under plans to allow more legal transactions to be carried out online.

Starting in the next few weeks, pub, club, and entertainment venue owners will be able to apply for annual and single event licences and extensions from the comfort of their own laptop.

The eLicencing facility will be able to process 50,000 applications a year, so that applicants so not have to attend a court office in person until the actual hearing takes place. The new process will begin in Co Donegal and then be rolled out to the rest of the country.