The new criminal court complex

• Author: Michael White
• Position: Judge of the Circuit Court
• Pages: 1-5

2007] The New Criminal Court Complex 1

THE NEW CRIMINAL COURT COMPLEX

HIS HONOUR JUDGE MICHAEL WHITE*

Fig. 1: Artist’s representation of the Criminal Court Complex

INTRODUCTION

The sceptics among us doubt there will be a dedicated

Criminal Court Complex in place by 2010, and who would have

thought that such a project would become a reality? Close to a

reality it has become as the preferred bidder has been chosen, and

the contract is about to be signed for the first Public-Private

Partnership (PPP) project in the history of Irish Court

construction and also the largest Courts project in the history of

the State (bar, perhaps, construction of the Four Courts complex

itself). The Office of Public Works (OPW) has provided a site at

no cost to the Courts Service, at the junction of Parkgate Street

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* Judge of the Circuit Court.