Praise for retiring Southern Courts Service manager Eamonn Kiely

Judge Olann Kelleher said Mr Kiely was "like the man in the Christy Moore song, (he) stays up on the surfboard after 14 pints of stout."

Eamonn Kiely who had handled the development of the Anglesea Street courthouse and the arrangement of court sittings throughout the Covid pandemic. File photo: Denis Minihane

Regional Manager of the Courts Service Eamonn Kiely who steered the courts through the challenge of Covid and the development of several new courthouses in the southern region was praised by stakeholders on his retirement. 

Angela Denning CEO of the Court Service said that as Regional Manager of the Courts Service for Cork, Limerick, Kerry and Tipperary, Mr Kiely had been an extraordinary servant to the public in a role showing professionalism, wisdom, strategic thinking and good humour.