https://www.dib.ie/biography/crowley-o-cruadhlaoich-diarmuid-a2253

In November 1921 Crowley retook his seat on the bench and went out on summer circuit in Co. Kerry in 1922. During this period the provisional government had been attempting to address the question of the status of the dáil courts. With the outbreak of civil war, the government feared that the anti-treaty side would appeal to the dáil courts for justice, on the assumption that such courts would by their nature be more sympathetic. On 11 July the cabinet, without seeking the necessary support of the dáil, suspended the dáil courts. Crowley forced the hand of the provisional government further on 19 July 1922 when he granted a conditional order of habeus corpus for George Plunkett (qv), son of Count Plunkett (qv). Under the terms of the order, both the minister for defence and the governor of Mountjoy prison had to show cause for Plunkett’s detention or produce him before Crowley on 26 July. Plunkett was a military prisoner from the Four Courts, and as such was viewed by the provisional government as falling outside any civil jurisdiction.

Crowley’s actions forced the hand of the provisional government,