A criminal trial is to take place in Dublin’s Croke Park stadium next year to comply with Covid-19 social distancing regulations. It is understood the trial will take in one of the stadium’s conference facilities. Croke Park has conference facilities which, in normal times, can accommodate up to 750 people. It is not yet clear if the contract will be on a trial by trial basis or if a longer term agreement will be entered into. In criminal trials, juries now do not sit in the jury box but are spread out around the courtroom, further limiting the numbers permitted to attend.

Source: The Irish Times October 09, 2020 13:38 UTC