Wexford has become one of Ireland's renewable-energy battlegrounds - the sunniest county's solar farms and the coast's wind projects generating consents, objections and challenges in equal measure - alongside the ordinary planning life of growing towns, a working port at Rosslare with Brexit-era infrastructure, and the HSE South East's decisions. Every challenge runs in the High Court in Dublin; our Kilkenny office sits an hour away for anyone preferring a table to a phone.
Judicial review time limits are strict, are sometimes much shorter than three months, and can run from an earlier date than you expect. The courts can refuse late applications even within the stated period if you have not acted promptly. Nothing on this page calculates your deadline. If you believe a decision affecting you may be unlawful, contact a solicitor immediately.
Decisions People in Wexford Challenge
Wexford's recurring respondents: Wexford County Council on planning - the State's densest pipeline of solar farm applications, coastal and estuary development from Rosslare's port expansion to holiday-home pressure on the coast, wind consents and quarrying - plus housing and licensing; An Coimisiún Pleanála on the appealed and strategic consents; the HSE South East on medical cards, services and assessment-of-need timeframes; school boards of management across the county on section 29-appealable decisions; and the marine, fisheries and environmental authorities of a maritime county.
Whatever the decision-maker, the framework is the same: strict time limits (three months generally, eight weeks in much of planning, 28 days in much of immigration), recognised grounds, and proceedings in the High Court. Start with our Time Limit Checker or decision screener.
How We Act for Wexford Clients
Wexford clients can use the Kilkenny office at Rose Inn Street - the south east is this practice's second home - or run everything by phone and email like most judicial review clients everywhere. Solar and wind matters deserve the speed warning twice: consents in this county issue steadily, the limits are weeks, and standing under the 2024 regime rewards those who lodged observations while the application was live.
Every judicial review in Ireland is heard in the High Court in Dublin — there is no local venue to lose by instructing us. Our Dublin office at The Ormond Building, Ormond Quay Upper is a short walk from the Four Courts, and our Kilkenny office serves the south east. Consultations run by phone and email nationwide; papers move electronically; you attend Dublin only if and when your case is heard. Call 01 5827148.
A Public Body Decision in Wexford?
The clock may already be running. One call establishes the limit, the route and your realistic options.
Call 01 5827148