End of 'your honour' for judges
09/04/2006 - 14:49:05Irish judges will be receiving a more simple address in the future after a courts rules committee voted to dispense with the British titles which have been used in Irish courtrooms since the 1100s.
Instead of being referred to as "your honour" and "your worship", they will now be known as "judge".
The Minister for Justice Michael McDowell is expected to receive the proposed amendment this week and sign it into law.
The new rules would then come into effect after the Easter recess.
