Chaos forecast with transfer of Central Criminal Court
“We already have a huge backlog of civil and family cases and this will make matters even worse,” said Ted McCarthy, president of the Limerick City and Bar Association. “The Central Criminal Court will hold mostly rape and murder trials. I cannot see how you can run a civil court alongside cases of serious crime.”
Mr McCarthy said the newly-renovated building was unsuited to mixing serious crime trials with civil hearings, adding: ““Some matters will relate to feuds and could involve people from the Limerick area itself. You can’t have a situation where the ordinary public are afraid to come to the court.”
