Judge fails to see funny side of comic situation

There was no sign of any old copies of The Beano or Dandy lying around when a judge inspected a speed camera van yesterday.

Outside Ennis Courthouse in the May sunshine, Judge Patrick Durcan, a staunch critic of Go Safe speeding prosecutions, was given a guided tour of a Go Safe speed camera van by operative Keith Walsh.

Judge Durcan was told how the technology of the approximately 50-strong network of vans works.