TDs in court to support challenge to €31bn payout

Three TDs turned up in the High Court yesterday to support a man’s challenge to the State paying promissory notes for over €31bn in aid of Irish financial institutions.

TDs in court to support challenge to  €31bn payout

Independent TDs Shane Ross and Stephen Donnelly and People Before Profit’s Joan Collins are supporting David Hall’s challenge to the legality of the notes, the court heard.

Mr Ross and Mr Donnelly wrote to Finance Minister Michael Noonan threatening to take their own legal action if he enters into an agreement to restructure the notes without the approval of the Dáil, the court heard.

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