Sinn Féin leader will consider rejection of 'super-juniors' case over Christmas 

Mary Lou McDonald was reacting to the High Court's decision on challenges brought by People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy and Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, and Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly outside the High Court in Dublin. Picture: Collins Courts

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said that her party will decide on next steps over Christmas after the High Court rejected a legal challenge to the standing of so-called super-junior ministers.

Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly and People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy had brought a case which claimed that in facilitating more non-Government ministers of state at Cabinet, the Government is “acting contrary” to the 15-person limit and to the “expressed wish of the people of Ireland”.