CONCERN TUAM COULD BE INUNDATED WITH COURT CASES

Date Published: 07-Jan-2009

Fears have been expressed that Tuam’s temporary court at the Town Hall could face an influx of cases following the closure of other smaller courts.At their monthly meeting, Tuam Town Council said having additional court cases in the Town Hall was bad for the image of the town.Councillor Paul O’Grady said with the court clerk’s office centralised to Galway from March and some delay in signing the deal for Tuam’s new courthouse he feared the Courts Service was contracting.