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.

AN international manhunt for rogue solicitor, Michael Lynn, is well underway after he again failed to comply with an order to appear before the High Court in Dublin yesterday.

The President of the High Court will give his judgement next month on whether the Rossport Five should be punished for their anti-pipleine protest.