Irish Examiner View: Ineffective bench warrants show the short arm of the law

Justice Minister Helen McEntee admitted that the execution of warrants is a “longstanding issue”.

Jury courtroom 6 at The Courthouse, Anglesea St, Cork. File Picture: Larry Cummins

A law that is widely ignored without penalty is a law that has had its day. 

That is a thought that may occur to more than one person, perhaps even 24,000 people, following the news that this is the number of alleged perpetrators of crimes who have avoided bench warrants in their names.