Philomena Lee action one of two lead challenges to Mother and Baby homes report

The applicants claim they should be given the commission’s draft report and the opportunity to make submissions on it

An anonymity order was not sought in the case by Philomena Lee (pictured) who was sent to the Sean Ross Abbey Mother and Baby Home in Roscrea, Co Tipperary, when she became pregnant aged 18. When her son was aged three, he was sent for adoption by a US couple. File photo: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

An action by retired nurse Philomena Lee is one of two ‘lead’ challenges to the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes fixed for hearing later this year.

When eight challenges were before the High Court's Mr Justice Garrett Simons for case management today, he said he would hear two lead challenges in either late October or November.