Ban smoking and litter from front of historic Naas Courthouse - councillor

Kildare County Council has been asked to slap a no smoking ban outside Naas Courthouse.

Cllr Seamie Moore also wants no food or soft drinks cans allowed on the plinth of the historic building

The public representative also wants restrictions in the foyer of the courthouse which is busy with hundreds of people on days the Naas District Court and Naas Circuit Court are sitting.

The issue will be raised by Cllr Moore at the Naas Municipal District meeting next week.

Naas Courthouse was originally constructed in 1807.

Kildare County Council held meetings there from 1899 until the building was badly damaged by fire in the 1950s.

The courtroom was the setting for many films, due to its remarkable resemblance to the Old Bailey in London.