Earlier this month, the Director of Public Prosecutions Catherine Pierse used her Annual Report for 2022 to make an unprecedented public plea for what she described as “greater collaboration between all areas of the criminal justice system.”  The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), now almost 50 years in operation, is traditionally a “silent service”, never explaining, never complaining, at least publicly.  So a warning from its director that delays and backlogs within her organisation could lead to an “undermining of public trust and confidence,” has to be taken seriously. The Irish Times and the Irish Independent carried brief news summaries dealing…

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