Having only lived in Ireland for approaching a year I've no idea if it's normal procedure, or just because of the high profile nature of this case, but I was shocked to see the news footage showing extended scenes of witnesses, arresting officers and even the remote language interpreter the Garda used at the time outside of the courthouse.
Is this how the media in Ireland cover trials generally - I saw another case, where there was an extended clip of the female judge arriving at court and she was shown leaving her car in her normal clothing. In the UK the convention would be to only show a judge in their "robes and wig" - the purpose of which is to make them less recognisable.
Given the far right's interest in this case is it a good idea to show witnesses in such a way?