Court hearings to resume from Friday amid confusion over ‘two-hour’ Covid-19 guidance

Court hearings are set to resume on Friday following clarification on “strange” and “bizarre” Covid-19 public health guidance that raised a doubt over holding sittings for more than two hours.

Confusion reigned this week following guidance given to the Houses of the Oireachtas that sittings or committee hearings should not be held for more than two hours. The guidance raised doubts over whether courts could sit for more than two hours and also left a question mark over how other workplaces could function.