Speedy trial in Ireland -- not!

One of the claims often heard in favor of trials by court-martial is that military justice moves more swiftly than civilian justice. Tell it to the Irish, where an Air Corps officer is currently on trial with respect to events said to have occurred some eight years ago. Maybe the country's civilian courts take their time, but it is hard to imagine a case moving more slowly than this one. Click here for a report on yesterday's testimony in the case.