Chief Justice Frank Clarke: Family courts in need of ‘urgent attention’

Chief Justice says cases are being heard in ‘dreadful conditions’

Chief Justice Frank Clarke: Family courts in need of ‘urgent attention’

Chief Justice Frank Clarke has told the Government that the family law courts require “the most urgent attention”, and operate in “dreadful conditions”.

The country’s top judge said that although the site for Dublin’s new family courts facility is “shovel-ready”, not enough money had been allocated for it.

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