Limerick school withdraws case over 'coarse and vulgar' remarks on Instagram account

School board of management decides not to further pursue proceedings it took to find the identity from Facebook

Rossa Fanning, for Facebook Ireland, said the reference to the ECJ now becomes moot, notwithstanding the care and attention the High Court went to in dealing with the case. File picture

A Limerick secondary school has withdrawn its legal action over efforts to find out who was behind a closed-down Instagram account which made "coarse and vulgar" remarks about certain staff and students.

On Monday, the High Court was told by David Geoghegan, for the Salesian College in Limerick, that the board of management had decided not to further pursue proceedings it took to find the identity from Facebook, owners of Instagram.