THE High Court has overturned a Seanad committee finding that Senator Ivor Callely misrepresented his normal place of residence to claim expenses.

LAWYERS acting for Senator Ivor Callely have rejected claims by a Seanad Committee that the courts do not have the jurisdiction to hear his action.

A SEANAD committee’s finding that Senator Ivor Callely misrepresented his normal place of residence to claim expenses was “a political judgment” against the senator by his peers, the High Court has heard.

A FIANNA Fáil senator is at odds with his own website after claiming extensive mileage from his home in Cork – despite telling constituents he lives in north Dublin.