Social media ban ‘clearly wrong’
A Galway restaurant has moved to take a High Court challenge against the domestic Covid cert on discrimination grounds, raising just under €80k in less than a week. Owners of the Italian restaurant Il Vicolo on Dominick Street Lower, Galway city, started the GoFundMe campaign last Friday – a mere six days ago – and […]
In a significant victory for the local community of the south Dublin quays, the High Court this morning upheld an appeal against a heroin injection facility at Merchants Quay. The proposal included a needle exchange and the provision of what locals describe as a “shooting gallery” for heroin users in a basement at the facility […]
Mairéad Tóibín, Aontú’s representative in Dublin Bay South by-election, has confirmed her party commenced High Court proceedings this afternoon over the decision by RTÉ to exclude the Dáil party from the all of their by-election broadcast debates. Tóibín said RTÉ, as the national broadcaster, had “a particular responsibility” to ensure that election coverage is “fair, […]
Mr McGann, who was described as a “puppet master” by the judge, was ordered to pay the legal costs of the proceedings, which could be a six-figure sum, whilst a stay on costs was refused by the court.
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has said that the government has now moved into GUBU territory following a demand from the High Court that the State must clarify, within two weeks, whether or not there is a legal basis for Covid-19 restrictions on people physically attending Mass. Deputy Nolan was speaking following the […]
Dr. Gerard Waters has been suspended from the Medical Council following his announcement that he wouldn’t be administering the Covid-19 vaccine.
Speaking to supporters afterwards in the Round Hall of the Four Courts, Mr Waters said old people were being left to die in care homes around the country because of the Minister for Health’s lockdown, and that they would go to European courts if necessary to “overturn this appalling legislation.”
Former journalists John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty have launched judicial review proceedings in the High Court today claiming that aspects of the emergency laws passed since the Covid-19 outbreak are unconstitutional.
A High Court judge has been criticised by protesters after they alleged that she threatened to involve “outside agencies” relating to their children during a hearing into a housing case. The case involved a building firm which has taken a High Court proceeding against protestors involved with the ongoing “House the Irish First” demonstration in […]
Mr. Justice Julian Knowles said the effect of workplace visits by police due to political opinions of staff “must not be underestimated.”