Wexford Courthouse

Wexford Courthouse is a judicial facility on Belvedere Road in Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland.

Wexford Courthouse
Wexford Courthouse
Wexford Courthouse
Location within Ireland
General information
AddressWexford, County Wexford
CountryIreland
Coordinates52.3393°N 6.4732°W / 52.3393; -6.4732
Completed1867

History

The building was originally designed as an educational establishment and opened as the Tate School in March 1867.[1] After the school got into financial difficulties and closed in 1949, the building was acquired by Wexford Corporation in 1950.[1] It served as the offices of Wexford Corporation until 2007.[2] It was subsequently sold to the Courts Service for conversion into a courthouse to replace the aging courthouse on Hill Street which had been built in 1930.[3][4] The building on Belevedere Road was officially re-opened as a courthouse by Charles Flanagan, Minister for Justice and Equality, and Frank Clarke, Chief Justice of Ireland, in February 2018.[5]

References
  1. "Wexford Courthouse" (PDF). Courts Service. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. "€10 million courthouse is close to completion". Wexford People. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. "Wexford Courthouse". Wexford Hub. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  4. "Council officially open new €46m headquarters". The Independent. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  5. "Official Opening of Wexford Courthouse - Courts Bundle PPP". BAM Ireland. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.