Public told to stay away from Kerry courts

'If summonsed people turn up, tell them to go away,' Judge David Waters advised solicitors, adding that if the public appeared he would 'bark'.

Solicitors in Kerry have been asked to advise their clients not to turn up in person.

The public are being asked to stay away from courts in Kerry amid concern about the alarming increase in Covid-19 cases, and solicitors have been asked to advise their clients not to turn up in person. 

Since the pandemic began, the amount of space available for the public had been severely curtailed, to comply with social-distancing measures, but now the public, including accused persons, are being told not to enter courthouses in district number 17.