A new courthouse has opened in Limerick.

The development on Mulgrave Street includes largest courtroom in Ireland.

The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan TD, said: "I am delighted to be in Limerick for the official opening of a new purpose built state of the art courthouse. This is also a historic occasion as the Supreme Court will sit in this new courthouse today and again tomorrow and Wednesday. This is the first time ever that the Supreme Court has visited Limerick and only the second time in history that the Supreme Court has convened outside Dublin, having visited Cork a number of years ago."

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The new Courthouse, a €26m capital project, is a welcome addition to court facilities in the area. It contains six courtrooms, including the largest courtroom in Ireland, 200m2 in size, which will primarily host District Court sittings. Located on a site bounded by Mulgrave Street and Roxboro Road close to Limerick Prison, the new Courthouse is built on the site of a former artillery barracks, one of four in existence in Limerick in the 19th century. With two of the barracks' historically significant buildings remaining on the site, the project has delivered a landmark civic building while contributing to public access to an old institutional district of Limerick. It is an additional courthouse for the city as the historic 'Circuit Courthouse', located at Merchants Quay, will also continue in use.