The court poor box into which defendants in Kerry could pay money to avoid convictions has been scrapped.

Dozens of people gathered in the Four Court's Round Hall had a lucky escape today after a section of masonry from the historic Dome fell to the ground narrowly missing those standing below.

The Courts Service have issued an apology after a jury was discharged in a trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court partly because a wheelchair using juror was unable to gain access to jury boxes in The Four Courts building.

The touring exhibition of the much sought-after lithograph of Darren Hooper's critically-acclaimed painting of The Four Courts is to visit Cork over the next two weeks.