Anti-eviction activist brings High Court challenge to ongoing detention for contempt

Anti-eviction activist Ben Gilroy has started a High Court challenge against his continued detention at Mountjoy Prison where he is serving three months for contempt of court orders.

There was a large crowd in Court 12 of the Four Courts as Mr Justice Max Barrett began hearing an application under Article 40 of the Constitution where Mr Gilroy is claiming his detention in prison is unlawful.