Council to deal with complaints against judges promised ‘later this year’

A COUNCIL to deal with complaints against judges will be established this year, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan said yesterday.

Her comments came after a judge was criticised on Wednesday for jailing a man for only two years for raping a prostitute.

Mr Justice Barry White suspended three years of the five-year sentence received by Waterford businessman Billy Keogh, referring to the married father of six as a “man of good character”.