Hellfire Club group challenges SIPO referral to gardaí over alleged breach of lobbying law

A residents group has brought a High Court challenge to a decision to refer to the gardaí an alleged breach of political lobbying law over opposition to a plan to build an interpretive centre at Dublin's Hellfire Club.

A residents group has brought a High Court challenge to a decision by the Standards in Public Office (SIPO) Commission to refer to the gardaí an alleged breach of political lobbying law over opposition to a plan to build an interpretive centre at Dublin's Hellfire Club.

A former hunting lodge on Montpellier Hill in the Dublin Mountains, it was one of the meeting places for the 18th century Irish Hellfire Club which was said to be known for its debauchery and possible Satanic worship.