Strasbourg case bid to overturn constitution

THERE is something of an irony in the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) bringing a case against Ireland at the European Court of Human Rights.

The IFPA is recognised by the Revenue as a charity. As a result, donations and bequests to it are supplemented by taxpayer contributions.

The activity at Strasbourg is political (for which, incidentally, the IFPA and the Irish taxpayer in part is paying the expenses of three learned counsel engaged by the IFPA).