A man was ordered to leave a courthouse in Limerick yesterday because the judge did not like that he was not wearing a tie.
The man was wearing a suit, but the judge ordered him to leave the witness box and get a tie saying: "We want the right kind of dress and proper decorum here, this is not a Ryanair kind of show we are running here".
Ivan Yates took issue with the judge, admitting he has a problem with District Court judges - who he calls eccentric.
"Who is this judge accountable to" Yates asked. "Is it a legal offence not to wear a tie?"
On the front pages:
In The Irish Independent this morning: "Sinn Féin cosy up to Fianna Fáil for election deal".
That paper's second story: "Children of rich are only ones able to buy home".
The Irish Times has: "State on target to eliminate borrowing before 2018".
The Times is also covering the story that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife have pledged to give away 99% wealth over the course of their lifetime. That announcement comes on the birth of their daughter Max.
In The Examiner: "Fine Gael plan to bring 70,000 home in doubt" - that story on the amount of money going to returned emigrants on job seekers allowance now that they are home.
Also: "Toy show's Lara targeted by online racists" and "Garda sexual harrassment claims investigated by force".
The Irish Daily Mirror: "Baby on hospital trolley for 11 hours - parents disgust at six-week-old daughter at treatment in Emergency Department".
The Irish Sun: "We'll burn you alive" - evidence from an ongoing murder trial.
The Star: "Thug's a right dope", featuring a picture of a defendant leaving a court case and attempting to hide his identity by covering his face with an envelop... featuring his name and address.
The Irish Daily Mail: "Garda killers freed in time for Christmas" - Garda PJ Morrissey's two killers to be released from jail ten years early.
Inside the papers:
Ivan was concerned about ash hurleys, the GAA says they are on the way out. Most hurley are imported and production in Denmark is in decline because the trees are diseased. So authorities are looking at a hybrid hurley that will make use of fibreglass. That story in The Exmainer.
Chris was interested in the "How well do you know your country" survey in The Irish Times, which is worth taking a look at.
Finally, warnings that Barbie is being hacked. Online geniuses have managed to get into the doll's voice control mechanism to enter rude messages.
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