The courts service has issued an update on the caseload of the Special Criminal Court which shows it has a backlog of over two years.

The Courts Service has rejected widespread reports on the low-rate of drink-driving convictions as "inaccurate and simply wrong".

Yoruba, Cebuano, Lingala, Iloko, and Tagalog are some of the obscure, exotic, and far-flung languages spoken by those accused of offences before the courts here last year.