Notary Public in Dublin City Centre

St. Stephen's Green Notary PublicCathal Young is a Notary Public and Solicitor in Dublin City Centre.  He is based at 1-2 Lower Leeson Street (entrance on Earlsfort Terrace) just steps from St. Stephen's Green.

He is also a partner in the long established legal practice, Cathal N. Young & O'Reilly Solicitors and Notaries Public.

Notaries are an integral part of the legal order in common and civil law. They St, Stephen's Green Notary Publicare one of the three pillars of the legal order (magistrates, notaries, lawyers). Their essential mission, is to confer authenticity on the legal instruments and contracts they establish for their clients in areas of law as diverse as marriage contracts, company statutes, wills, real estate transactions, etc.    

What is a Notary Public?

A Notary Public is empowered by law and by custom and usage of notaries through the ages to:-

• Administer Oaths
• Attest Signatures
• Authenticate Documents
• Give Notarial Acts
• Take Affidavits (other than for the courts in Ireland)
• Take Affirmations and Declarations
• Receive and Make Protests under Mercantile Law, and issue notarial certificates in respect of documents and persons.
• Draw up Powers of Attorney and other legal documents customarily prepared by Notaries Public
• Dublin City Notary Public

Jamaica accedes to the Apostille Convention

On 2 November 2020, Jamaica deposited its instrument of accession to the HCCH Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Apostille Convention).

With the accession of Jamaica, the Apostille Convention now has 119 Contracting Parties. It will enter into force for Jamaica on 3 July 2021. More information on this Convention is available on the Apostille Section of the HCCH website.

Although not yet a Member of the HCCH, Jamaica is now a Contracting Party to two HCCH Conventions.