Tributes have been paid at the Central Criminal Court to the late Courts Service registrar and well-known Cork radio presence Shay Bowen, “an oasis of calm in a sometimes chaotic environment”. Mr Bowen worked for many years as a registrar at the district court and the circuit court in Cork. Ms Lankford said that the late Mr Bowen had beautiful Irish and had worked as registrar on many cases that were heard as Gaeilge over the years. Ray Boland, senior counsel, said on behalf of the Bar: “Shay was a gentleman — an oasis of calm in a sometimes chaotic environment. "I was always happy to see him — the man at the desk, courteous to a fault, a great friend of the Bar.”

Source: Irish Examiner January 16, 2026 23:24 UTC