Public required to remove masks to be considered for jury duty

Members of the public were required to remove their face masks to allow lawyers to consider whether they would object to them being sworn in for a rape trial. File Picture: Dan Linehan

Members of the public called for jury service were required to remove their face masks briefly in court to allow lawyers to consider whether they would object to them being sworn in for a rape trial.

Ms Justice Eileen Creedon canvassed the views of defence and prosecution lawyers on whether or not the jury panellists should wear face masks when arriving in court to be sworn in at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.