25 JANUARY 1919, Page 15

THE IRISH KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

fTo ma EDITOR. or in "Smerame."3 Sts,—The impending vacancy in the Irish K.B.D. surely give. the Government an opportunity of cutting down the notoriously overmanned Irish Bench. In spite of the camouflage of inter- ested parties, it is obvious that, compared to the English Bench, there are at least twice too many High Court Judges in Ireland. This is no exaggeration. Then I wonder are your readers aware that Irish County Court Judges only work for three months of the year and have nine months' vaoationP I sup- pose we spend so much nowadays that these things seem trifles. But the system is demoralising both to the public and the Irish