A 13-year-old girl who is severely brain damaged and cannot walk or talk has settled for €5.2m her High Court action for damages arising out of the injuries she allegedly sustained at her birth at Cavan General Hospital.

The High Court has dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of a provision of the Charities Acts which outlaws the sale of Mass cards except through an arrangement with the Catholic Church.

The High Court has today reserved judgment in a constitutional challenge against a provision of the Charities Acts which outlaws the sale of Mass cards except through an arrangement with the Catholic church.

A mass card distribution company knowingly used on cards the name of a priest who had been suspended by his bishop, the High Court heard today

A constitutional challenge to a provision of the Charities Acts which outlaws the sale of Mass cards except through an arrangement with the Catholic Church has commenced before the High Court.