High Court to hear Irish Coursing Club injunction next week

The ICC say that because the coursing season is ending in a few weeks' time, it is vital that its injunction be heard as soon as possible

Earlier this month the Irish Coursing Club (ICC), which regulates hare coursing in Ireland. launched a legal challenge against the State’s failure to include it in a list of activities allowed to operate during the current Covid-19 restrictions. File photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

A High Court judge will next week hear an application brought by the Irish Coursing Club which wants coursing activities to be allowed during a Covid-19 lockdown.

The ICC is seeking the injunction, as part of judicial review proceedings it has brought against the Ministers for Health and Housing, Local Government and Heritage, because the annual coursing season is limited, and is due to finish at the end of February.