Lawyers to represent Miss D and baby

LAWYERS for the State will present opposing arguments in the High Court today on the right of a pregnant teenager in the care of the Health Service Executive (HSE) to travel to Britain for an abortion.

It emerged yesterday that the attorney general has engaged two sets of legal teams to represent both the State and the girl’s unborn child in the controversial hearing.

Barrister, James Connolly SC told the High Court that he had been instructed by Attorney General Rory Brady to act for the interests of the unborn in the case taken by the 17-year-old girl known only as Miss D.