A number of criminal barristers have expressed concerns at how the criminal courts are operating during the Covid-19 public health emergency.
On social media, several barristers reported large crowds of people at the Central Criminal Court in particular this morning, and a lack of social distancing or hand sanitiser.
Senior Counsel Bernard Condon said on Twitter that the arrangements were unacceptable. He said in an effort to keep numbers down in the courtroom, more than 50 people were standing outside in a narrower space for more than an hour.
He said the lack of hand sanitiser was also dangerous. And he called on those who were deciding that the courts should sit, to do better and provide safe conditions.