DEAF LOUGHREA WOMAN CONTESTS JURY EXCLUSION

Date Published: 30-May-2008

A deaf mother of two from Loughrea has brought a landmark legal action against the Courts Service and the State challenging her exclusion from jury service on grounds of her deafness.Today's Irish Times is reporting Joan Clarke says she should not be deemed ineligible for jury service merely because she is deaf, and that any such exclusion is discriminatory and in breach of the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003.