Courts NI

Dr. Eireann Kerr: the law worse than an ass

Turgon on April 25, 2015, 2:40 pm

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The conviction of Dr. Eireann Kerr raises more questions than it answers and brings the law into disrepute. Dr. Kerr was in 2013 a 30 year old anaesthetist working in Altnagelivn. On a work night out she became grossly intoxicated and attacked a police officer biting his finger and calling the police officers peasants before waking up claiming no memory of the event in the police station the next morning. So far, so unremarkable. Maybe Dr. Kerr was a little …

Dave Duggan’s DENIZEN – a dissident republican addresses the court – drama performed in an actual courtroom

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on March 24, 2015, 10:00 pm

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The word ‘denizen’ conjures up the notion of a citizen, yet perhaps one with fewer rights or living somewhere that isn’t home. It’s also the title of Dave Duggan’s new play, a courtroom drama written in verse which opens in the north west this weekend and will be performed in two courthouses. Interviewed last week, the playwright told me: The conceit in the play is that the judges have given Denizen an hour to speak to the court of public …