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Covid-19: Only urgent court cases go ahead in coming weeks

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Two juries have begun deliberations and two juries continue to hear evidence in four criminal trials which are ongoing in otherwise reduced court sittings in the capital.

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions on social interactions the Courts Service have said that only urgent custody cases, or cases not involving witnesses, will g*o ahead in the coming weeks.

Today the Courts of Criminal Justice building was quieter than usual with only four Dublin Circuit Criminal Court judges, about half the normal number, sitting.

In court five Judge Melanie Greally heard a short list of cases for arraignment and adjourned to June 15 all sentences where defendants are out on bail.

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