A judge has warned the public coming to court that mobile phones will be confiscated unless they are switched off in his court room. A ban on mobile phone use by the public was introduced last November, but breaches of the direction still occur. Yesterday, two mobile phones were confiscated from members of the public sitting in Killarney District Courtroom after the phones rang loudly during proceedings at the regular first Tuesday sitting of the court, which is part of District Number 17. However, phones going off and interrupting the court still occurs in Kerry during court proceedings, at both district and circuit court levels. Yesterday two phones were confiscated in the District Court in Killarney after Judge David Waters ordered gardaí to “seize” the loudly ringing phones.

Source: Irish Examiner April 02, 2019 23:03 UTC