Opposition TDs to have emergency judicial review hearing this afternoon

Two Opposition TDs have gone to the High Court to see an injunction against Ceann Comhairle Sean O Fearghail over his decision to disallow a new bill due to be debated in the Dáil today.

Update: Two Opposition TDs, Brid Smith and Paul Murphy, have been granted leave by the High Court for an emergency judicial review hearing this afternoon.

The TDs, along with Richard Boyd Barrett and Gino Kenny, went to the High Court this morning to seek leave to challenge a ruling by Ceann Comhairle Sean O Fearghail which disallowed a bill of theirs due to be heard by the Dáil this afternoon.