High Court to rule on Sinn Féin’s referendum body query

A High Court judge is set to rule this morning on whether controversial remarks made by the chairman of the Referendum Commission should be withdrawn.

The outcome of the hastily arranged case will have no effect on the holding of tomorrow’s referendum, but will it judge on whether the commission made comments that were biased against those who opposed the fiscal treaty.

Yesterday, Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty, the party’s finance spokesman, triggered the late-night sitting of the court after asking for a ruling on the comments.