Judges angered at loss of phone costs

The country’s judges have reacted angrily to cutbacks to mobile phone and textbook allowances.

Documents released under Freedom of Information show the Association of Judges of Ireland has also expressed its concern over the Courts Service move to end new judges’ automatic entitlement to laptops and BlackBerrys.

The association was established in Nov 2011 to represent judges’ interests and its president is high-profile High Court judge Mr Justice Peter Kelly.