A challenge by entrepreneur Declan Ganley over the Level 5 ban on public worship has been adjourned again. Ireland and Slovenia are currently the only two countries in the EU banning public worship in the fight about Covid-19.
This is the fourth such adjournment.
The High Court has set a date for a new hearing on March 23rd.
The Co Galway based Chairman & CEO of Rivada Networks, a practising Catholic, says that as a result of the restrictions, he cannot leave his home to attend Mass in breach of the State’s guarantee of the free practice of religion in Article 44 of the Constitution.
Last November, he sought leave to bring judicial review proceedings against the Minister for Health, with Ireland and the Attorney General as notice parties. Similar cases have succeeded overseas.
The sides have since agreed the action can be dealt with via a “telescoped” hearing in which the leave application and full case are heard together.
