Tributes paid to the late Courts Service registrar Shay Bowen

Ms Justice Siobhán Lankford told the Central Criminal Court the late registrar was 'a man of grace and dignity, a real gentleman'

The late Shay Bowen. Ray Boland SC echoed Judge Lankford's tribute, telling the court that Mr Bowen had been 'an oasis of calm in a sometimes chaotic environment'. File picture

Tributes have been paid at the Central Criminal Court to the late Courts Service registrar and well-known Cork radio presence Shay Bowen, “an oasis of calm in a sometimes chaotic environment”.

Mr Bowen worked for many years as a registrar at the district court and the circuit court in Cork.