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Hopes for resolution to solicitors strike as courts grind to halt

Fri, Sep 11, 2026

Striking solicitors are hoping that a proposal by the Law Society to the Minister for Justice that an independent arbitrator be appointed to try to break the ongoing impasse which is grinding the District Courts to a virtual standstill.

Solicitor Cathy McDarby, responding to a request by Judge Fiona Lydon at Galway District Court on Wednesday for an update on the dispute and to know whether there had been developments, said there was indeed a very positive development to relate.

It now appears that an independent arbitrator may be appointed and this is something all the striking solicitors want as the two sides in the dispute are so entrenched, and they all hoped this would lead to a speedy resolution.

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