Judgement has been reserved by Court of Appeal in appeals brought by the State Examinations Commission and the Minister for Education and Skills against aspects of a High Court decision allowing student Rebecca Carter to take up veterinary medicine at UCD.

A High Court action which had potential to halt the promotion of hundreds of gardaí to the rank of sergeant has been resolved.

The High Court has made directions for an urgent hearing of former Labour minister Joe Costello’s action aimed at securing the enactment of laws increasing the number of members of the Dáil before any general election.

Alan Hutch, a son of gangland feud murder victim Eddie Hutch Sr, is among up to 20 prisoners seeking to benefit from the striking down of the laws governing the courts’ powers to activate suspended sentences.

A hunger-striking prisoner’s decision to refuse food and medical intervention until death must be respected, a High Court judge has ruled.