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OSCOLA Ireland citation generator

OSCOLA Ireland (2nd ed, TCD-published) is the standard for Irish legal writing. Same backbone as OSCOLA UK with Irish neutral citations — IESC, IECA, IEHC, IECCA — and the Irish Reports series (IR, ILRM).

Reference: OSCOLA Ireland 2nd edition (TCD)

Case name

Year (square brackets)

Neutral citation

Report year

Report volume

Report series

First page

Court (parens)

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Formatted citation

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Court & report-series abbreviations

IESCSupreme Court of Ireland (neutral)
IECACourt of Appeal of Ireland (neutral)
IEHCHigh Court of Ireland (neutral)
IECCACourt of Criminal Appeal (pre-2014)
IRIrish Reports
ILRMIrish Law Reports Monthly
IECA(Crim)Court of Appeal — Criminal jurisdiction

Worked examples

Murphy v Ireland [2014] IESC 19, [2014] 1 IR 198
Supreme Court — neutral + reported
DPP v JC [2015] IESC 31
Supreme Court — neutral only
Re Article 26 and the Health (Amendment) (No 2) Bill 2004 [2005] 1 IR 105
Constitutional reference — IR cite

Why this matters

OSCOLA Ireland is the citation standard for Ireland courts, law schools and legal publishers. Wrong citation form costs marks at undergraduate level and credibility in practice. This tool stays free forever — paywalls go around briefs and AI tutoring, not basic citation hygiene.