An auspicious moment for the legal realm in our locality occurred this week when the Central Criminal Court sat in Co Monaghan for the first time in the history of the State.
The High Court has regularly sat on circuit in our courthouses for the determination of civil proceedings, but never before in its criminal law manifestation, and the visit of Mr Justice Paul Carney to conduct a serious criminal trial at Monaghan Courthouse was accorded its due weight of significance and ceremony by the legal profession in this …