Courthouse in Tralee remains inaccessible to wheelchair users

The Courts Service has said it will accommodate people with mobility issues in Tralee, Co Kerry, if given enough notice.

The county’s main courthouse, built in 1835 on Ashe St, is inaccessible to wheelchair users. Other facilities are also under strain, the circuit court heard this week.

This week a quadriplegic Tralee man with cerebral palsy — who through his mother successfully sued Enable Ireland after a wheelchair accident while under the disability body’s supervision in 2010 — was forced to remain in a side street.