Bryan C. Sweeney Notary Public

Notary Public Services, Built Upon Years Of Trust

A Notary Public, is a public officer, appointed by the State who is empowered by law to perform the functions of that Notarial office.Though frequently associated with the solicitors’ profession, the Notary belongs to a separate and distinct branch of the legal profession.

Its origins predate, by many centuries, the professions of solicitor and barrister in the common law system. For that reason, the profession of Notary Public in Ireland may be described as the “third arm of the legal profession” in our legal system.

We have the experience and expertise to guide you through the Notarial process. You will usually require the services of a Notary Public when you have documents which are needed for use abroad. The Notary's signature and seal will verify to international authorities that relevant checks have been carried out and that the document has been properly signed.

Bryan C. Sweeney is a Notary Public with offices in the IFSC, Dublin 1 and Partner in the law firm of Crowley Millar Solicitors LLP (incorporating J R Sweeney LLP) and specialises in corporate and commercial  law with particular expertise in transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and shareholder structuring matters.

We can handle all matters associated with optaining on Apostille and process this on your behalf with the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ireland. 

The Apostille procedure applies in lieu of Legalisation between all those many countries that have signed and ratified or acceded to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961. Ireland ratified the Convention in 1999. Other countries in which the Apostille procedure applies may be checked on the Hague Convention website, where a list of countries adhering to the Apostille system abolishing the need for legalisation.

Legalisation (in some countries spelled ‘Legalization’) is an internationally recognised procedure for certifying the authenticity of official signatures and/or official seal applied to a public document. It operates by means of an unbroken chain of verifying signatures commencing with that of the first signatory to the document and ending with the signature of the diplomatic or consular representative of the state in which the document is to produced and acted upon. The legalisation procedure usually commences with the attestation by a Notary Public of the signature of a person to a formal document e.g. a Power of Attorney.

The Notary Public having subscribed his or her name and affixed his or her official seal to the document by way of notarial act arranges for the document to be produced to the Registrar of the Supreme Court for the purpose of having the Notary’s signature and official seal verified. The document is then produced at the Consular Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin for the purpose of having the signature of the Supreme Court Registrar verified and finally it is produced to the diplomatic or consular representative in Dublin (or London) of the foreign country in which it is intended the document shall be produced for the purpose of having the Irish Consular Officer’s signature legalised. When all the foregoing steps have been completed, the document is said to have been legalised. The Apostille is sometimes called a “one stop shop legalization”.

Email info@notarypublicservices.ie for guidance.  

We will request sigght of the documents to be Notarised, clarification of any instructions you have been asked to comply with and may ask for a copy of your ID and AML compliance documentation.