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CONDITIONS at Ennistymon Courthouse have been criticised by the district court judge, almost two years after he vowed not to continue to sit there.
During this month’s sitting of the town’s district court last Wednesday, Judge Joseph Mangan concluded the sitting at lunchtime and adjourned several cases, citing the cold in the courtroom as the reason.
He again referred to the poor con- ditions in Ennistymon at a sitting of Ennis District Court two days later.
“I just don’t feel well. That’s thanks to Ennistymon the other day, and I’m sure there are solicitors equally in- disposed,” he said.
In March 2006, Judge Mangan said he would not sit at the Ennistymon court venue after September of that
year, due to the conditions.
The court has sat at the Teach Ceol venue for the past 10 years and acoustics are poor. At the time of the judge’s comments in 2006, the Courts Service set about finding a suitable alternative location, but the issue has not yet been resolved.
A spokesperson for the Courts Service told