Supreme Court to broadcast hearings before end of year

At an event to mark the centenary of the establishment of the Irish Courts, Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell said the court had agreed in principle to run a pilot project to consistently broadcast the court's hearings.

Mr Justice O'Donnell said that if the Supreme Court hears legal argument on issues of general public importance, he and his colleagues considered arguments in such cases should be as widely available to the public as possible. The Chief Justice stressed that the broadcast of hearings was"not intended to be a very elaborately produced service" as he said resources would not allow for a full state of the art video service as is provided in some other Supreme Courts.

Mr Justice O'Donnell noted the restoration and remodelling of the Four Courts building after it was destroyed at the start of the Civil War in 1922. The Chief Justice said the current building was now"beyond bursting point" and he said he hoped a suitable premises would be identified to house administrative and support offices while preserving the Four Courts for hearing cases.A new family law building on a site near the Four Courts was to include a new Supreme Court but those plans were shelved due to costs.

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