Ireland Legal Research MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
Official-source legal research, multi-tier judicial hierarchy search (First Instance, Regional/Cantonal/Appellate, and Supreme/Constitutional courts), and citation verification MCP server for Ireland (IE).
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| logging | {} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_legislationC | Search Ireland (IE) national legislation (statutes, acts, codes, regulations) via electronic Irish Statute Book (irishstatutebook.ie) & Oireachtas Open Data API and European/International legal registries. |
| search_case_lawA | Search Ireland (IE) court decisions and binding precedents via Courts Service of Ireland Judgments (courts.ie) (Supported courts: IESC (Supreme Court), IECA (Court of Appeal), IEHC (High Court)). |
| get_legal_document_markdownA | Retrieve full Markdown text of a legislation document or court judgment from Ireland (IE) by its URL or official identifier. |
| list_court_hierarchyA | Return the complete step-by-step multi-tier judicial hierarchy for Ireland (IE): Tier 1 (First Instance / Trial / Municipal / District Courts), Tier 2 (Regional / Cantonal / County / Appellate Courts), Tier 3 (Supreme / Cassation / Constitutional Courts), and all official court sub-portals. |
| search_tiered_court_decisionsB | Search court decisions in Ireland (IE) filtered by specific judicial tier or regional/cantonal/appellate court. Supports Tier 1 (first_instance), Tier 2 (appellate_regional — including Cantonal/Regional/County/Circuit courts), and Tier 3 (supreme_constitutional), or a specific sub-portal key from list_court_hierarchy. |
| verify_citationA | No-Hallucination Citation Verifier for Ireland (IE). Validates format and live existence of legal citations (e.g., '[2024] IESC 10 or [2024] IECA 45') against official Ireland and ECLI/ELI registries to prevent AI-hallucinated citations. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 6 tools
Most tools have clearly distinct purposes: legislation search, case-law search, document retrieval, court hierarchy listing, and citation verification. The main overlap is between search_case_law and search_tiered_court_decisions, but the tier-filtering purpose of the latter is explicit enough to avoid serious confusion.
All tool names use consistent snake_case and follow a predictable verb_noun pattern: search_*, get_*, list_*, and verify_*. The convention is applied uniformly across the set.
Six tools is well-scoped for a legal research server, covering search, retrieval, hierarchy discovery, and citation verification without obvious redundancy. Each tool appears to earn its place.
The surface covers the core legal research lifecycle: finding legislation, finding case law, retrieving full text, understanding court hierarchy, tiered searching, and verifying citations. Minor gaps may exist around browsing/indexing legislation or cross-referencing related documents, but the essential workflows are covered.