Sinn Féin’s High Court commission challenge rejected

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has lost his High Court challenge aimed at having the Referendum Commission withdraw remarks it made earlier this month concerning Ireland’s veto over the ESM.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore branded the legal action a “last desperate attempt” by Sinn Féin to maximise its own publicity and sow confusion among voters.

But Mr Doherty insisted his party had gone to court because it was “an issue of central importance to the referendum”.