Sir, – Ruadhán Mac Cormaic’s report (Weekend, January 4th) in connection with the Irish jury system raises a number of questions.
As one who has been called as a prospective juror on two occasions within the past eight years, I have a particular question – why waste the time of literally hundreds of people every week attending such a circus in the full knowledge that if properly attired (ie, business suit and tie) that they have no chance of being selected? That is my experience, and the farce is that the legal teams can object to prospective jurors based purely on appearances.
Simple random selection with no opt-out is the only fair way in the selection of juries. – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL GILMARTIN,
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Stradbrook Lawn,
Blackrock,
Co Dublin.