Callely’s bail terms altered to allow visit to Scotland

Former politician Ivor Callely is to be allowed travel to Scotland after the High Court yesterday varied the terms of his bail.

High Court President Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns altered the terms of the former senator’s bail to let him temporarily leave the jurisdiction.

The court heard Mr Callely, who was jailed for five months in July after admitting he fraudulently claimed €4,207.45 in expenses from the Oireachtas, wants to go to Scotland over Christmas.

Yesterday, High Court President Nicholas Kearns said Mr Callely’s legal challenge, which he said involves important issues, should be heard in January.

Mr Callely is taking judicial review action against the governor of Wheatfield Prison, where he was held, over refusals to grant him either temporary release or enhanced remission.