According to the newspaper, Mr Honohan took action after the Courts Service failed to respond to his complaints that the stuffiness of his courtroom was to blame for him and a registrar repeatedly falling ill with a cold.

He told his court before Christmas that he had been forced to take a hammer to windows, which he later said could not be opened because the mechanism had been painted over.

The windows have now been repaired and can be opened.

A spokesperson for the Courts Service added: “Checks have been carried out on the room’s air conditioning system and it is fully functioning.”