Court sits in judge’s private residence

A court sitting in Kerry took place in the private residence of the district court judge yesterday, where several cases involving special sittings have been heard over the Christmas period.

Yesterday’s special sitting was to deal with a custody case after some 60 matters before Killarney District Court were adjourned in the morning when the scheduled sitting of the Killarney court was cancelled as people assembled and waited for Judge James O’Connor, who presides over the Kerry district courts.

District court clerk Jane Harrison told the court in Killarney shortly before 11am of the need to adjourn because the judge was ill. Up to 50 people were in the court in Killarney, including solicitors and gardaí. The next sitting is January 16. People summoned or otherwise obliged to attend yesterday will have to appear then.