Media complains over use by witness of secure underground entrance

CONTROVERSY erupted yesterday when the former lover of murder accused Eamon Lillis was allowed to use a secure underground entrance to the Criminal Courts of Justice complex in Dublin to avoid photographers.

Media complains over use by witness of secure underground entrance

Jean Treacy, 32, was escorted in and out of the new courts building on Parkgate Street by gardaí without being recorded by either newspaper photographers or TV camera crews.

The National Newspapers of Ireland, which represents most Irish daily and Sunday newspapers, considered seeking a last-minute High Court injunction to compel Ms Treacy, one of the primary prosecution witnesses, to leave the building by the normal public exit once editors of several national titles became aware of the issue during the course of yesterday morning.

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