Judge left 'bewildered’ as Longford court hears how man living in country for past 15 years 'can't speak word of English' 'You mean to say he goes shopping, goes to the pub and still can’t speak, my God', fumes judge Reporter: '); '); The cost of providing interpreters at Longford courts came under the microscope this week when a judge hit out at how she had been left “bewildered” by how a Ukranian turf picker living in the country for the past 15 years “couldn’t speak” a word of English. Judge Miriam Walsh made the remarks at a recent sitting of Longford District Court while dealing with an Eastern European man who came before her on drink driving and criminal damage charges.