Man challenges state's refusal to allow him to register to vote in Seanad elections

A man has brought a High Court challenge over the refusal of the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to allow him to vote in elections for Seanad Eireann.

The action has been brought by Tomas Heneghan, who in judicial review proceedings is seeking to quash refusals allowing him to register as an elector on either the university panels or the vocational panels for Seanad Eireann elections.