A visit to a district court here by a delegation of judges from the Eastern European country shows the advantages and disadvantages of both structures, writes Noel Baker.

Judges told the Government some of their members were “struggling to get by” despite their six-figure salaries as they raised concerns over getting their pay restored.

Ireland’s second most senior judge has come out in support of the Association of Judges in Ireland and issued a public rebuke to the master of the High Court, Edmund Holohan.