Review calls for 'improved' non-jury court to replace Special Criminal Court

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch outside the Special Criminal Court, Dublin, after he was found not guilty of the murder of David Byrne at a hotel in Dublin in 2016. 

A new and “improved” permanent non-jury court should replace the existing ‘emergency’ Special Criminal Court, with tighter laws over its use, the majority report of an expert review group has said.

But a conflicting minority report said it “simply cannot support” the proposals and described changes as “largely cosmetic”.