Courts Service Of Ireland

Plans for a new courthouse in Laois have now moved forward despite pressure from county councillors, the Leinster Express reports. Councillors have complained that the existing courthouse on Main Street in Portlaoise is one of the busiest in the State and disrupts the town centre.

The Courts Service of Ireland has announced plans to centralise jury summons in order to improve the number of people showing up for jury duty, The Times reports. New figures reveal wide variations across the State in how many of the 11,000 people summoned for jury duty every month last year actuall

Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan SC, had to break three window panes in the Four Courts with a hammer to dispel "a fug" in his courtroom, The Sunday Times reports. According to the newspaper, Mr Honohan took action after the Courts Service failed to respond to his complaints that the stuffin

Leading family lawyer Keith Walsh has welcomed an increase in security at Phoenix House following an incident late last year. Speaking to Irish Legal News, Mr Walsh said the increased security measures revealed today are "required for those very rare occasions when people's emotions get the better o