The Courts Service will not preside over the outdated facilities in Tralee and is set to transfer Circuit and other court matters from Kerry unless a decision can be made on moving to a new site, it told Kerry Law Society.
The society issued a statement saying the view of the courts service - that the existing courthouse in Tralee cannot be refurbished as a modern court complex and a move to the greenfield Island of Geese site on the western side of Tralee is necessary - is one they now accept.
"No amount of lobbying" will set aside the Courts Service decision, the society said, stressing the service is "an independent body", according to a statement issued after a meeting in Dublin with Chief Executive of the Courts Angela Denning.
Until now the Kerry Law Society has been "venue neutral" amid a row over moving from the existing site, it said.
However Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly has campaigned for years for the refurbishment of the existing courthouse.
A heritage report was being put before the Office for Public Works and the Courts Service advocating the retention of the building on Ashe Street, the TD also said.
"No one has produced a reasonable plan for the courthouse if it is abandoned," Mr Daly said.
"And we will be left with a gaping hole in the centre of Tralee, against all current policies for urban centres."
The plans favoured by the Courts Service are for a transfer to the Island of Geese site in town, owned by Kerry County Council.
The complex for which they have been shown plans is similar to that built in Letterkenny.
This would facilitate the full range of services including probate, family, district, circuit civil and criminal and sittings of the Central Criminal Court as well as administrative offices, solicitor Canice Walsh, said.
Mr Walsh, along with State solicitor Diane Reidy and Tralee solicitor Barbara Liston is a member of a new subcommittee of solicitors dedicated to finally achieving a new complex to replace what he describes as "the shameful and outdated facilities in Tralee".
The run down premises on Ashe Street has just two court rooms and few facilities and the building's offices have had to be abandoned.
Four years ago the council itself approached the courts service and offered to sell the Island of Geese site for a new courts complex.
The sale could be completed by October if the council votes in favour of the sale, the law society said.
