Cabinet silent on by-election court challenge

THE Government has declined to clarify its position on an ongoing High Court bid to force it into calling a by-election in Donegal south west.

Sinn Féin senator Pearse Doherty has asked the court to intervene because under the Constitution all citizens are entitled to a certain proportion of representation in the Dáil.

However, since Pat the Cope Gallagher was elected to the European Parliament in June 2009, there has been a vacancy in Donegal.