Callely in court challenge against sanction

IVOR CALLELY has gone to the High Court to challenge his suspension from the Seanad and sue his fellow senators who recommended the sanction.

The Seanad imposed the 20-day suspension on Mr Callely just before the summer recess, after a cross-party committee found he had intentionally misrepresented his normal place of residence to claim expenses.

Mr Callely is now seeking a judicial review of several of the committee’s decisions and is seeking to sue its seven members – Seanad chair Pat Moylan, Denis O’Donovan and Camillus Glynn (all FF), Frances Fitzgerald (FG), Alex White (Lab), Dan Boyle (GP) and Joe O’Toole (Ind).