Dáil opposes O’Brien request
Mr O’Brien claims there is a “clear public interest” in the courts determining whether Dáil utterances by Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy and Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty last summer effectively determined his legal action against RTÉ aimed at restraining publication of details of those banking affairs.
He claims the Dáil, its Committee on Procedures and Privileges, and the State caused and permitted the utterances to be made in breach of his rights of privacy and access to the courts under the Constitution and European Convention on Human Rights; his right to fair procedures; and of the standing orders regulating debate in the Oireachtas.
