Increased security: the changes

Details of the new arrangements at the Four Courts.

Details of the new arrangements at the Four Courts.

Members of the public will no longer have unrestricted access to the Four Courts complex.

The main entrances on the quays to Áras Uí Dhálaigh and the Four Courts will now be closed to the public.

Members of the public will access the complex through an entrance on Morgan Place, on the quays between Áras Uí Dhálaigh and the Four Courts, which will be manned by security staff with scanning machines and X-ray machines for bags.

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There will be a similar entrance on Chancery Place for those using the Circuit Courts adjoining Chancery Place.

Judges, lawyers, full-time court reporters and other professional court users will be exempt from these arrangements and will have entrance cards to allow them enter the complex through separate designated entrances.

There will be additional lighting and CCTV equipment and all cameras will be banned.

Suppliers to the courts will have to make special arrangements in advance.