Limerick lawyers criticise parking at new courts complex
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Lawyers have criticised the Courts Service of Ireland for failing to include public parking spaces in a new Limerick criminal courts complex, the Limerick Leader reports.
Solicitor Darach McCarthy, committee member of the Bar Association in Limerick, claimed there had been “a gross disregard for the needs of court users”.
A Courts Service spokesperson said: “There will be car parking for staff, An Garda Siochana, the Prison Service and the judiciary. There will be no public parking in this or in any new court facility we build.
“We have a policy of locating court facilities near public transport, or central to a town, or near publicly available parking facilities. In Limerick there is plentiful public parking in nearby facilities.”
However, Mr McCarthy said: “The attitude has been frightening there has been no consultation and I have grave concerns.
“There has been a gross disregard for the needs of court users – particularly jurors and potential witnesses.”
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