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' (7) Without prejudice to any jurisdiction conferred by the previous subsections of this section, the Circuit Court shall have powers of attachment, garnishee and interpleader, and shall have all powers (including the power to appoint a receiver) ancillary to any jurisdiction exercisable by it. '
  Similar language appeared in s. 57 of the 1924 Act, and of that and the equivalent of s. 22(7) of the 1961 Act, Fitzgibbon J. said in Sligo Corporation v. Gilbride [1929] IR 351, 368:
' The only limitations upon the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court are those expressed or implied in the provisions of the Courts of Justice Act, and, subject to those limitations, the Circuit Court has within its locality all the jurisdiction of the High Court.� In particular, sect. 57 confers on the Circuit Judges "powers of attachment, injunction, garnishee, interpleader and all powers" (not, be it observed, "all other powers") "ancillary to any jurisdiction vested in, transferred to, or exercisable by them" ' .
  This was most authoritatively asserted by Gannon J. in Clune v. Director of Public Prosecutions [1981] ILRM 17 at p. 20:
'The courts of limited jurisdiction established by legislation pursuant to constitutional authority in that behalf are not in any sense subject to direction, control or supervision by the superior courts established by the Constitution. '
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