Courthouse move serves to confuse the accused

The Courts Service opted for a soft opening of their massive new courthouse complex in Cork yesterday — so soft that one man didn’t get to hear at all about the criminal courts’ move to Anglesea St.

One of solicitor Diarmuid Kelleher’s clients had the somewhat confusing experience of turning up at Washington St — where district court business has been carried out for the past three years while the new courthouse was being built at Anglesea St.

When the young man’s case was called, Mr Kelleher said the accused was on his way, adding: “He was in the wrong court. He telephoned me wondering where we all were.”