Jurors awarded the K Club

Sometimes, serving juries are required to spend the night in a hotel

Sometimes, serving juries are required to spend the night in a hotel. Usually, the accommodation is modest, as the Department of Justice is not known for lashing out money. However, on one occasion recently it was different.

On Friday week, a jury in Dublin was ordered to spend a night in a hotel. The Dublin hotels, even the modest ones, were full of Welsh rugby supporters. So the 12 good men and true were billeted in the K Club.

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