Retiring judge blasts plans for 21m Cork courthouse

A retiring judge yesterday blasted plans for a new €21 million courthouse in Cork.

Judge Patrick J Moran, the most senior judge in Cork city and county, also questioned the wisdom of plans by the Courts Services to close some courts around Co Cork.

He chose the occasion of his retirement to launch a challenge to plans, at Anglesea St in Cork, for the development of a new courthouse to centralise the criminal courts.