Updated / Tuesday, 2 Mar 2021
12:06
Gemma O Doherty and John Waters appealed the High Court s refusal to permit them to bring their challenge (File: RollingNews.ie)
An appeal by John Waters and Gemma O Doherty against a refusal to permit them to challenge the constitutionality of laws introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been dismissed.
They had appealed the High Court s refusal to permit them to bring their challenge and its award of costs of that hearing against them.
In their judicial review proceedings against the State and the Minister for Health, with the Dáil. Seanad and Ceann Comhairle as notice parties, Mr Waters and Ms O Doherty had sought to have various legislative measures declared unconstitutional and flawed.
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