Court to rule tomorrow on Covid-19 application by John Waters and Gemma O'Doherty

John Waters, Gemma O'Doherty and supporters after an earlier court sitting

The High Court will rule tomorrow on the application by John Waters and Gemma O'Doherty for permission to bring a challenge against laws introduced due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In judicial review proceedings against the State and the Minister for Health the two journalists seek to have various pieces of recently enacted legislation relating to the coronavirus, which they say are unconstitutional and flawed, quashed by a judge of the High Court.